Liverpool fans fear Philippe Coutinho’s season is over after he is stretchered off with leg in a brace

It's been a promising start to the season for Liverpool.

Jurgen Klopp's side have brushed aside many of the visitors to the new-look Anfield and also notched up a few impressive results on the road, too. It's still relatively early days, but it's not difficult to see why many are tipping them to end their wait for league success. Central to their good early season form has been Philippe Coutinho. He's already chipped in with his fair share of goals, and has linked superbly with countryman Roberto Firmino, summer signing Sadio Mane and Adam Lallana in the Liverpool attack. But during the first half of the Reds' meeting with Sunderland on Saturday afternoon, Coutinho was stretchered off with what seemed like a nasty ankle injury. When the image below - which showed the attacking midfielder's ankle bent at an unnatural angle -started doing the rounds, rumours of an ankle break started to circulate. https://twitter.com/WijnaldumLFC/status/802538715696558080 https://twitter.com/bmwm5400/status/802540876316770304 https://twitter.com/NumberNineNas/status/802539340601720832 As the game reached half-time, Liverpool supporters weren't optimistic about Coutinho's injury. https://twitter.com/AnthonyHadeed/status/802537648413933568 https://twitter.com/empireofthekop/status/802536321352863745 https://twitter.com/thisisanfield/status/802537439550128128 https://twitter.com/Gingers4Limpar/status/802536117509591040 https://twitter.com/DianaKristinne/status/802536622000578560 https://twitter.com/KopiteLuke1892/status/802535844330541057 https://twitter.com/Kloppomaniacs/status/802536747670315009 https://twitter.com/macca198_/status/802537655607185408 Fingers crossed that Coutinho's injury isn't quite as severe as many fear it is. Catch up with this week's episode of Football Friday Live