Diogo Jota out for “months”, still no sign of Roméo Lavia: this is the list of injured people at Liverpool and Chelsea for the League Cup final

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Liverpool and Chelsea will play the final of the English League Cup on Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. The Blues want to color their gray season with a trophy, the Reds are actually still in the running for a remarkable one quadruple: Europa League, Premier League, League Cup and FA Cup. However, both teams have to make do without a lot of players.

We start with the current competition leader. For example, Diogo Jota seriously injured his knee in the league match against Brentford (1-4 win) on Saturday and the Portuguese attacker will be out of action for “months” according to coach Jürgen Klopp. Jota injured his knee at the end of the first half in an action in which a teammate and a Brentford player fell on him and subsequently had to be carried off the field on a stretcher.

“As far as Diogo is concerned, we take months (instead of weeks, nvdr.),” said Klopp. “I can’t put a term on it.” Liverpool plays three games in eight days. Before the final against Chelsea, they will first play the important competition match against Luton of Albert Sambi Lokonga and Thomas Kaminski on Wednesday. Another match against Southampton is scheduled for next Wednesday in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

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Goalkeeper Alisson (muscle injury), Curtis Jones (ligament problems), Trent Alexander Arnold and Dominik Szoboszlai are also still out. Joel Matip tore his cruciate ligaments in December, while Thiago (hip) and Stefan Bajcetic (calf) have been struggling all season. “It certainly doesn’t look great,” Klopp said at the press conference in the run-up to the match against the Hatters further. “I would sit here and say we have absolutely no problems, but obviously we do have some. As long as we have eleven players, we will go for it and that is exactly the intention. We look at the boys from day to day and certainly from match to match with the matches.”

Still no sign of Roméo Lavia at Chelsea

At Chelsea too, it is all hands on deck with the medical team. For example, Mauricio Pochettino and his team played with an emergency defense at Manchester City on Sunday evening due to the absence of defenders Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Thiago Silva, Benoit Badiashile, Marc Cucurella and goalkeeper Robert Sanchez. For example, goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic, Malo Gusto, Axel Disasi, Levi Colwill and Ben Chilwell were between the lines at the Etihad Stadium.

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A line higher, Pocchettino also has to miss three, but all in all it is not too bad due to his broad core at the front and in midfield. Lesley Ugochukwu and Carney Chukwuemeka were also not there. Just like Romeo Lavia. The Red Devil had to wait until the end of December to make his debut after his summer transfer from Southampton. The defensive midfielder was eventually allowed to come on for half an hour against Crystal Palace, his only game of the season so far. After his ankle injury, Lavia relapsed, but he was back on the training field last week. The League Cup final will probably come too soon.

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