Jurgen Klopp confirms Diogo Jota injury ahead of Liverpool’s Carabao Cup final

Diogo Jota was pulled from Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Inter Milan in the Champions League due to an ankle injury and could miss the Reds’ Carabao Cup final against Chelsea in 10 days.

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Jurgen Klopp confirmed that Diogo Jota suffered an ankle injury in Liverpool won 2-0 against Inter Milan.

Jota has been replaced by Roberto Firmino in the first half, who broke the deadlock for the Reds at the end of their first leg Champions League round 16 clash.

Mohamed Salah Double their advantage shortly afterwards to give them a healthy lead heading into the second leg at Anfield, but Klopp will sweat for Jota’s fitness first. Carabao Cup Last week later.

“I’m really pleased with everything apart from the obvious that Diogo has had to get rid of his ankle ligament,” Liverpool the boss explains to BT Sport.

“We’ll see. We don’t know exactly. He can continue, which is probably a good sign. Half the time, the ankle is already swollen, so we have to change.”

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In his post-match press conference, Klopp added: “Diogo has had to come off his ankle ligament. We’ll see. He wants to continue. It was an adult performance.

“[It was a] A sprained, swollen ankle is obviously not a good sign but we’ll check it out tomorrow. We need further evaluation. “

Red face Chelsea finals next Sunday, looking for the first taste of silverware since July 2020 as they lift Premier League position.

And Klopp’s men will be hoping that the Carabao Cup is the first of many this season, as they sit on the bench to reach the quarter-finals in Europe.

It wasn’t easy as the Liverpool manager admitted: “I think we started very well, from the beginning we played around their squad, then they moved up a little bit with direct play. front, switch to full-back kick.

“We couldn’t defend too well, our full-backs are often isolated in face-to-face situations. In a game like this you have to keep the ball longer.

“You can’t come here and expect to have a brilliant day and that’s the only chance to get results. We didn’t have a bright day but a good enough day to get a win. Well deserved win, we scored two great goals.

“Yes, they have their moments, they have counter-attacks, that sort of thing. It’s mostly counter-attacks when we lose the ball in the wrong spaces.”

But it was the Red Devils who won, as Firmino’s deft goal from a corner changed the game in the 75th minute, something Klopp has credited for his coaching staff.

“Pete Krawietz and analysts are responsible for this goal,” he added. “We’ve been working on it. It’s all about Pete and his boys.”