Joe Gomez’s injury on international duty with England was the last thing Jurgen Klopp needed.
After having Virgil van Dijk ruled out for the rest of the season — although recent reports have stated the Dutch defender could still feature this term after starting light recovery training — receiving the news of his secondary centre-back missing the rest of the Reds’ title defence was beyond dispiriting.
When you throw in the fact Trent Alexander-Arnold would also be out for a few weeks and Andy Robertson picked up a knock with Scotland, the German was probably cursing his luck.