Jurgen Klopp has defined the occasions round substituting Dominik Szoboszlai throughout Liverpool’s 4-2 win over Newcastle, with concern over a hamstring damage.
Although a few of his passes had been slack, Szoboszlai was a driving power for the Reds in a dominant show towards Newcastle – till he was introduced off within the sixty fourth minute.
A part of a triple substitution that additionally noticed Darwin Nunez and the spectacular Luis Diaz come off, there was fast concern because the Hungarian walked off clutching his hamstring.
Klopp confirmed this in his post-match press convention, telling journalists he was but to study the extent of the difficulty.
“We needed to take him off, that was the plan,” he defined.
“Sadly [the pre-planned change] was a minute late, as a result of within the final state of affairs he felt the hamstring.
“Now we don’t know the extent of it, now we have to attend.”
Szoboszlai is more likely to endure a scan later this week to find whether or not he’s set for a spell on the sidelines, which might be the most recent in a protracted line of accidents this season.
Andy Robertson, Kostas Tsimikas, Joel Matip, Thiago, Stefan Bajcetic and Ben Doak are at present out, whereas Alexis Mac Allister returned from a prolonged layoff within the New Yr’s Day win.
Any outing for Szoboszlai could be notably irritating given the approaching departures of Mohamed Salah and Wataru Endo on worldwide obligation.
The No. 8 was anticipated to be one of many candidates to fill in for Salah on the best wing, whereas he’s undoubtedly key to sustaining steadiness in midfield as Mac Allister takes over from Endo.
Because it stands, the hope will likely be that Szoboszlai’s problem is extra fatigue, as was the case when Ryan Gravenberch complained of hamstring ache in final month’s 0-0 draw with Man United.
