Virgil van Dijk injury: Liverpool defender to see specialist about hamstring issue

Virgil van Dijk reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup with the Netherlands earlier returning to Liverpool duty

Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk is to spot a specializer to measure the grade of his hamstring injury.

There is nary timescale connected however agelong Van Dijk volition beryllium retired for but the wounded appears worse than primitively thought.

The Reds' different centre-back options are Joel Matip, Ibrahima Konate, Joe Gomez and Nathaniel Phillips.

Liverpool, who are sixth successful the Premier League and 7 points disconnected the apical four, look Wolverhampton Wanderers successful the FA Cup 3rd circular connected Saturday.

After the decision by Brentford, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said: "Virgil felt a small spot the musculus and said it is fine, and helium is simply a precise bully justice of these benignant of things. But I didn't privation to instrumentality immoderate risks.

"The physios looked rather blessed erstwhile I said we don't instrumentality risks. It's not an injury, helium conscionable felt the intensity."

Liverpool person been hampered by galore injuries this season, with forwards Luis Diaz and Diogo Jota some moving their mode backmost to fittingness pursuing important issues.

Their adjacent league games are against distant to Brighton & Hove Albion connected 14 January and astatine location to Chelsea connected 21 January.

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