Liverpool captain Henderson out for the rest of season
It is an awful moment. He deserves to lift the trophy and he will lift the trophy: Klopp
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp confirmed on
Friday that captain Jordan Henderson’s season is over due to a knee injury.
Henderson was forced off in the midweek 3-1 win over Brighton following a collision with Yves Bissouma but the Reds boss revealed surgery is not needed and expects the midfielder to return in time for next season.
“Hendo is the best possible of all bad news — it is a knee injury but no surgery needed but he will not play any more in the latter stages of this season but I am pretty positive he will start with us the new season,” said Klopp.
Premier League champions Liverpool, who host Burnley on Saturday, are on course for a record points tally.
They have 92 points, eight short of Manchester City’s record of 100 points from two seasons ago, with 4 games to play.
Klopp, speaking at his pre-match press conference, said the skipper would still be the man to lift the Premier League trophy.
“It was an awful moment when he went down with injury,” he said “You saw he knew something happened which shouldn’t have happened.
“It was a real mood-killer. He deserves to lift the trophy and he will lift the trophy.”
Golden Boot
Meanwhile, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah could add the Golden Boot
BACKGROUND
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Jordan Henderson was forced off in the midweek 3-1 win over Brighton following a collision with Yves Bissouma but the
Reds boss revealed surgery is not needed and expects the midfielder to return in time for next season.
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Premier League champions Liverpool, who host Burnley on Saturday, are on course for a record points tally. They have 92 points, eight short of Manchester City’s record of 100 points from two seasons ago, with 4 games to play.
to his Premier League winners’ medal, but he has work to do to catch Leicester’s Jamie Vardy, who sits top of the goal charts with four games left.
Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is also in contention to get his hands on the prize after sharing it with Salah and Sadio Mane last season when the trio each scored 22 goals. Southampton’s Danny Ings is the dark horse after an unexpectedly prolific campaign.
With 22 league goals to his credit so far this term, Vardy is in pole position to take the prize, especially after rediscovering his peak form over the last week.
Vardy failed to score in Leicester’s first four games after the coronavirus hiatus, but the 33-year-old netted twice against Crystal Palace to pass 100 Premier League goals and struck again at Arsenal.