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Liverpool's Milner faces spell out with hamstring injury, Keita bruised

Liverpool midfielder James Milner will be out until next month's international break after picking up a hamstring injury in last weekend's 5-0 victory at Manchester United, assistant manager Pepijn Lijnders said on Tuesday. Speaking ahead of Wednesday's League Cup tie against Preston North End, Lijnders added that midfielder Naby Keita had avoided a serious injury after a poor tackle by …

Liverpool will need to carefully manage centre-back Virgil van Dijk's playing time following the Netherlands international's return from a lengthy injury layoff, midfielder James Milner said. A serious knee injury kept Van Dijk sidelined for most of last season and this year's European Championship, from which the Netherlands was eliminated in the last-16 by the Czech Republic. Liverpool's defensive linchpin …

Angry Klopp 'congratulates' broadcaster over Milner injury - fpotball news - sportstar

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp stepped up his criticism of British sports broadcasters for their scheduling of his team's games, linking the injury of midfielder James Milner to the early kick-off time of Saturday's 1-1 draw against Brighton. Asked by BT Sport pitchside interviewer Des Kelly about whether Milner's injury, which led to him going off in the 74th minute, was …

Brendan Rodgers has claimed the post-match brawl after Liverpool's 2-1 win over Leicester City was sparked by Andrew Robertson shoving Ayoze Perez. James Milner scored an injury-time penalty to give Liverpool victory after James Maddison's 80th minute equaliser had cancelled out Sadio Mane's first half goal. Leicester City's Ayoze Perez was involved in a brawl with Liverpool players after full-time …