Jürgen Klopp admitted confirmation of the nature of Fabinho's ankle injury is a blow, but is confident the Liverpool squad will be able to step up in the Brazilian's absence.
The midfielder will be sidelined until the New Year after sustaining ligament damage 18 minutes into Wednesday's 1-1 draw with Napoli at Anfield in the Champions League.
But Klopp pointed out during his pre-Brighton and Hove Albion press conference how Georginio Wijnaldum, Jordan Henderson and Adam Lallana have all recently operated in the defensive-midfield role.
Read on below to see what the boss had to say about the injury at Melwood on Friday afternoon.