Match Day Thread Preston North End v Liverpool

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Injury latest: Updates on Keita, Milner, Fabinho, Thiago and Kelleher


Pepijn Lijnders has provided fitness updates on five Liverpool players ahead of this week's games with Preston North End and Brighton & Hove Albion.


James Milner and Naby Keita were both forced off with injuries during Sunday’s 5-0 win at Manchester United, while Fabinho missed the trip to Old Trafford with a knee issue.

Thiago Alcantara is nearing the completion of his rehabilitation from a calf complaint, while Caoimhin Kelleher is likely to miss the Carabao Cup tie at Preston.

Speaking to Liverpoolfc.com on Tuesday morning, assistant manager Lijnders said: “Millie felt something, he felt something wasn’t right in his hamstring, a little bit tight.

“Then [Mason] Greenwood made this run and he decides, ‘I need to catch him’ – how Millie is, putting the team always first. And that created a bigger injury in that moment, that run.

“It shows a lot about his character and his will power to put the team first. This [injury] will be until the international break for sure, so it’s a long one. But we will need him in the coming period.

“My job title is assistant manager but I think you can give that job title to Millie as well. He connects the staff and the players in how he assists our manager. So, he has a role to play and he knows this, so all good. He needs to stay vocal, let me say it like this.

“Naby has a bruise in this moment, we assess it day by day. It’s looking good, so that’s good.

“Fabinho will not be ready for tomorrow’s game, we will assess him day by day still. He can make the game on Saturday hopefully.

“Then we have Thiago as well, who is closer to team training than ever. He will be later in the week with the team training. Probably Brighton comes too early but it’s good that he is back, especially in the situation we are in.”

On the availability of Kelleher, who was absent against United due to illness, Lijnders said: “Not sure, he trained with the team but it seems he had a little setback so he probably will not be involved.”

Kaide Gordon made his senior debut in the previous round of the Carabao Cup but this encounter may come too soon for the Academy forward.

“Yesterday he did his first session with the team and he could only do the rondos,” added Lijnders at his press conference.

Injury latest: Updates on Keita, Milner, Fabinho, Thiago and Kelleher - Liverpool FC

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Apparently Kelleher was "ill", so no word there.

 

i see gordan is also out... hmmmm..

 

You could play your youth team the way we are playing at the moment or as the case may be not playing wouldn't cause them any trouble.
Lot of apathy around Deepdale at the moment culminating in Saturday's non performance at Blackpool which has gone down lke a lead balloon
Free hit for us, match thread on my site will put a link on later.

 

Morton missed u23 game for this one. 100% starter.

 

Liverpool given Preston permission to play Sepp Van den Berg who is currently there in loan.

 

We will certainly play a couple of youth players. Just hope some of our senior fringe players in the squad, like Ox and Minimino, will try and grab their chance to impress. Never really sure how much hunger Ox has nowadays, sadly. Think Mini will be up for it though, and Origi.

 

I've always bemoaned the fact that we no longer seem to take domestic cups seriously, but I'm finding it hard to summon up enthusiasm for this one myself, given the drama of the last few weeks.

 

Que sera, sera. If we get through, it's a quarter final in a hectic December. Then again, just one more draw against Atletico or Porto and we can put the CL to bed till March, so maybe not the grind it's been in previous years. Hoping to see how Morton is developing, and which senior players will take it seriously enough to put a shift in. The Clown is goal, so anything can happen.

 

Yeah this is one of those rare matches where performances matter more than the result. If it wasnt for our midfield issues I wouldnt be too interested in this game.

 

Can there be a replay? Or is that no longer a thing in this competition?

 

I lost interest in the cups two or three years ago

 

Nope straight to pens after FT. Not even ET

 

Isnt the semi final two legs still?

 

Doesnt matter, klopp will make sure we don’t get there by getting us knocked out beforehand.

 

Yes, forgot about that

 

the morons returned to that format yes.

It is the most utterly pointless extra game going.

 

I thought that that was a temporary measure due to covid condensing last season, but it seems not.

 

no