Liverpool

Jota was replaced at half-time against Inter Milan and the Portuguese international went for a scan on Thursday morning before boarding the plane back to ...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said afterwards the Portugal international had taken 'a proper knock' and the joint was swollen. - Jota faces a race to be fit for Liverpool's Carabao Cup final against Chelsea Diogo Jota faces a race against time to be fit for Liverpool's Carabao Cup final against Chelsea on February 27 after sustaining an ankle injury in their Champions League win at Inter Milan

Liverpool defender Joe Gomez has struggled for first-team minutes this season in Jurgen Klopp's side.

It's about playing freely and trying to help the team as much as possible." There have been a lot of ups and downs, but I wouldn't change it." After that, on the pitch, I used that time to learn.

Dietmar Hamann says that Liverpool's defensive stability means that they can still catch Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.

A large part of that can be put down to the quality of opposition, though. “If City were to slip up, I think Liverpool will be there. But since that Chelsea game in early January, they hardly concede goals.”

The apparent quirk that Alisson did not face a shot on target at San Siro owed a lot to the improving Ibrahima Konaté.

They were dominant against Inter’s set pieces – in contrast to their opposite numbers in the decisive closing stage – and Dzeko’s pained expression when clean through on the stroke of half-time, only for Van Dijk to cruise past and roll the ball back to Alisson, encapsulated Inter’s torment in front of goal. It has been drained by Liverpool’s ruthlessness, their set-piece prowess, the impact of Jürgen Klopp’s high-calibre substitutes and the commanding partnership of Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konaté in the heart of the visitors’ defence. The growing understanding between the pair provided a platform for Liverpool’s late victory and Inter’s understandable lament.