Jurgen Klopp lamented Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita’s latest injury woe as he explained another absence of Xherdan Shaqiri.
Keita limped off with a hamstring problem after 54 minutes of the 3-0 Premier League win over Leicester City at Anfield on Sunday evening.
The Guinean, who featured twice for his country during the international break, had impressed on his first Liverpool start in more than six weeks after previous fitness worries.
Keita will undergo further checks on Monday with the Reds already grappling with a lengthy injury list.
And Klopp said: “It was the perfect night until Naby left the pitch.
“He felt his hamstring and was not able to play on otherwise he would have stayed on the pitch.”
Meanwhile, Shaqiri has added his name to Liverpool’s absentees after scans revealed he picked up a muscle problem while with Switzerland last week.
“How I know it, Shaq had a little muscle injury with the national team which he didn’t really realise and then he trained with us,” said Klopp.
“We gave him a day off then he came back and was involved in a session, but it was not fully involved, he just did a little bit.
“After that he felt a little bit and then we made a scan and they found out it was an injury from five or six days ago.
“Nobody knew about that, not even Shaq knew about that. That’s how things sometimes are.
“So he was not able to be involved.”
