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Jurgen Klopp’s update on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain did not sound good

Published 08:09 25 Apr 2018 BST

Darragh Murphy
Jurgen Klopp’s update on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain did not sound good

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You know it's not promising when a manager doesn't rattle off the typical response about waiting for the scan before providing an update.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's season could well be over after the Liverpool midfielder was stretchered out of the Reds' Champions League semi-final first leg on Tuesday night. Oxlade-Chamberlain picked up an apparent knee injury in a challenge with Roma's Aleksandar Kolarov after just 18 minutes and was replaced by Georginio Wijnaldum. After impressing since his summer move from Arsenal, Oxlade-Chamberlain was expected to play an important role for Gareth Southgate's England squad at this summer's World Cup although the injury could well put paid to the 24-year-old's chances of making it to Russia. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp certainly didn't sound too optimistic about Oxlade-Chamberlain when asked for an update after the final whistle. "Oxlade, it’s probably a really bad injury," Klopp told BT Sport.
"If we can say that already before the scan, that’s never good news so that means for us it’s a massive blow, of course. "We have still a few very important games to go and the squad doesn’t get bigger in the moment, so we obviously need to be creative in the next few games."
https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/988887742833606656   Liverpool defeated the Italians 5-2 in their first leg encounter and will take that three-goal lead to Rome for the return leg.

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Jurgen Klopp's update on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain did not sound good