Coutinho won’t be fit for Manchester City match, confirms Klopp

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that Philippe Coutinho will certainly be sidelined for the Reds’ top of the table clash with Manchester City at Anfield tomorrow evening. The Brazilian has been out since November 26th with an ankle ligament injury. The player himself had set this match as a target for his return a […]
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2016-12-30 14:59:00

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that Philippe Coutinho will certainly be sidelined for the Reds’ top of the table clash with Manchester City at Anfield tomorrow evening. The Brazilian has been out since November 26th with an ankle ligament injury.

The player himself had set this match as a target for his return a few weeks ago, but in his pre-match press briefing Klopp revealed that the game will come too soon for Coutinho, who has been one of Liverpool’s key players this season.

“No. He is in a good way, a really good way – I spoke to him a few minutes ago. But the City game, for sure, is too early and if the City game is too early then I am pretty sure the Sunderland game is too early, too. That’s it.”

The news means that the earliest Coutinho is likely to return will be Sunday, 8th January as the Reds’ take on Plymouth Argyle in the 3rd Round of the F.A. Cup.

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