Liverpool injury latest ahead of festive fixtures

A look at the injury room at LFC.

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00:00Looking at Liverpool and in terms of their injuries, it was no secret that Jurgen Klopp

00:06suffered very heavily with injuries in his final season. That depleted side that took

00:11on the cup runs were fantastic in that achievement. The squad is already quite small, we've discussed

00:19how small and tight-knit the squad already is and there have been a few big injuries

00:25so far this season. If you look at Alisson's injury, Keller had stepped up fantastically

00:30well. How important is it that if players are to go, the second in line really do continue

00:35to step up and perform? What's the latest you can tell us on injuries ahead of this

00:41festive period?

00:42That's massive, it was excellent. Both Alisson's come back into the team now and that performance

00:48against Girona was so keen to restore him to number one position. In terms of the injuries,

00:55there haven't been any real long-term ones, if that makes sense. Xabi Ali was out for

01:01a few months, Alisson for a few months, Josef for almost two months. There have been no

01:09severe knee injuries, which usually end players' seasons. As things stand, you've got Conor

01:17Bradley and Ibrahimovic Canate who are out. Conor Bradley has been second choice for the

01:22most part behind Trent Alexander-Arnold, which is to be expected. Canate has been a dominant

01:30figure alongside Birgit van Dijk this season. It's fair play to Joe Gomez, you say players

01:34stepping up. Joe Gomez hasn't played a lot of football in his favoured central position

01:40over the last few years. Last season he did play quite a lot of football but that was

01:44right back and then left back when Andy Robertson and Costa Simacas were both sidelines. Simacas

01:52now on his way back from an ankle injury himself. There have been some doubts over Andy Robertson's

02:01form this season. He obviously had that red card against Fulham. Simacas has done fairly

02:06well to be fair to him when he has played this campaign. Another one who looks like

02:12he might be at the end of a lot of issues is Federico Chiesa. He came in from Juventus

02:18at the end of the transfer window in the summer and he didn't have a pre-season at Juventus,

02:25which severely hampered him. Liverpool were building his fitness up and then he suffered

02:30an issue after making three appearances. Liverpool have just had to be patient with him to try

02:35to make sure that he doesn't break down again. As I say, there haven't been many serious

02:41injuries yet and maybe that's a credit to Arnaslott because he has taken some players

02:48out and substituted them when they need to. Players like Van Dijk and Ryan Granbert have

02:58played a lot of football this season and maybe they need to be looked after a little bit

03:02carefully in the coming months.