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Luis Diaz won’t play again until after the World Cup in huge Liverpool injury blow.
Liverpool winger Luis Diaz has been ruled out until December with a knee ligament injury after being injured in Sunday’s defeat to Arsenal.
Luis Diaz will not return from injury until after the World Cup in a huge injury blow for Liverpool, according to reports.
After Sunday’s 3-2 loss to Arsenal, Diaz was seen leaving the Emirates on crutches, and Jurgen Klopp acknowledged that “it doesn’t look good.”
Diaz was forced off just before half-time and was replaced by Roberto Firmino and speaking after the game about Diaz and his team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold, Klopp said: ‘He is injured, unfortunately. ‘It doesn’t look good for both. That is the icing on the cake.’
Diaz has arguably been Liverpool’s best player so far this season, registering three goals and two assists across his first eight games in the top flight.
However, Klopp’s team has had a terrible start to the 2022–23 season, falling to 10th in the standings after only two Premier League victories.
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The situation for Liverpool could now get worse as it appears that Diaz won’t return until after the World Cup in Qatar, which begins next month, with the Premier League resuming on December 26.
According to reports from Colombia, Diaz won’t be available for Liverpool’s pivotal matches against Manchester City and Tottenham.
He will miss matches in the Champions League against Rangers, Ajax, and Napoli as well as other matches in the Premier League against West Ham, Nottingham Forest, Leeds, and Southampton. He will also miss Derby’s League Cup match.
Liverpool’s poor start to 2022-23 is a dramatic shift from last season, when the Reds were two games away from achieving an unprecedented quadruple.
They were forced to settle for a domestic cup double, winning the FA Cup and League Cup, having missed out on the Premier League title by a single point on the last day of the season and losing the Champions League final to Real Madrid.