Liverpool's Joel Matip to Miss Remainder of Season After Serious Injury

Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp announced late on Monday that the Reds' Cameroonian defender Joel Matip will be absent for the remainder of the current season 2020/21, due to an ankle ligament injury.

Matip sustained the issue in a challenge to thwart Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min during the first half of Liverpool’s 3-1 victory in London last Thursday.

Detailing Matip’s setback, Klopp told Liverpoolfc.com: “Unfortunately, we found out now after everybody looked at it that Joel will be out for the rest of the season,"

Praising the No.32’s efforts to play through injuries and sacrifice his own fitness on behalf of the team, Klopp added: “In the end, we have to admit that he probably did that,"

“It was really unlucky because it was a brilliant challenge he made actually, he saved our life in that moment in the Tottenham game when he won the challenge against Son," the German boss added.

“But he injured his ankle and played the game on and now is out for the season, so you can imagine how much he tried to stay on the pitch and tried to help us,"

“We will wait for him. He has now the rest of this season, then the summer, then the pre-season to get ready again and he will be ready again.” Klopp concluded.