Liverpool defender Joel Matip ruled out for the rest of the season

Joel Matip
Joel Matip

Premier League champions Liverpool have been dealt another major injury blow with Joel Matip ruled out for the remainder of the campaign with ankle ligament damage.

According to Paul Joyce from the Athletic, the 29-year-old centre back picked up the injury against Tottenham Hotspur.

The Cameroon defender has been exceptional since his move from Schalke but his career at Liverpool has been plagued with injuries.

Jurgen Klopp will be thoroughly disappointed to have lost him for the remainder of the campaign given how important he is to the team.

Matip is undoubtedly Liverpool’s best defender after Virgil van Dijk and it will be interesting to see how the Reds cope with his absence.

The reigning Premier League champions signed Ben Davies from Preston North End and Ozan Kabak from Schalke last night and they will be hoping that new signings can step up and fill the void.

Liverpool are still very much in the Premier League title race but Manchester City have to be considered as the favourites after the Reds’ recent injury blow.

The club have now lost all three of his first-choice centre-backs and it seems that the Reds will have to continue to field makeshift defenders until the end of the season.

It is highly unlikely that the likes of Kabak and Davies will be thrown into the starting line-up right from the onset.

Both players are inexperienced when it comes to Premier League football and they will need time to adapt to Liverpool’s style of play.

Some Liverpool fans took to Twitter to share their thoughts on Matip’s injury blow and here is what they had to say.

https://twitter.com/TikTakTom/status/1356366944354623489?s=19

https://twitter.com/rakatakd79/status/1356374765058076673?s=19

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