Injuries hit Liverpool are sweating on the availability of captain Jordan Henderson before the crash Sunday first- and table against Leicester City.The Reds will be without defenders Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez because of knee injuries long term while Alexander-Trent Arnold is not expected to return to action until next month due to a hamstring injury.
Star striker Mohamed Salah is set to the miss the game after testing positive for Covid-19, while so far in Egypt duty.In more international hit for Premier League champions, Henderson has left the England team after be taken off at half-time during the defeat of the League of Nations on Sunday to Belgium.
England manager Gareth Southgate said: “It has gone back because he needed a scan – as we know he would have been out of our game on Wednesday [against Iceland] for sure.
“I think it’s fair for Liverpool to update on when it will be, but I think we have as good a relationship as we can with all clubs.
“I do not want that from the perspective of a player as I’ve been a player and most frustrating is having to rehab and miss games, so I understand that.
“I understand that from the perspective of all club managers.
“We have tried to handle it as well as possible, give players who have been in Europe further recovery time, manage your training load and manage two friendlies.
“Since then we also have to build our team and pick the strongest team available to us at any given time.”