Defender Conor Bradley is set to undergo surgery on a serious knee injury which will rule him out of the rest of Liverpool’s season.
While the Northern Ireland international has not sustained an ACL injury, there is damage to the bone and ligaments in his left knee which the Press Association understands amounts to a “significant” injury.
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The right-back, who was carried off late in Thursday’s goalless draw at Premier League leaders Arsenal, will have an operation in the coming days which will rule him out of the remainder of the domestic campaign.
That will, however, leave Bradley in a race to recover in time for this summer’s World Cup should Northern Ireland qualify through the play-offs.
Bradley had made 21 appearances this season having missed a number of matches with a hamstring problem.
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It leaves head coach Arne Slot with Jeremie Frimpong, who has had his own injury problems since joining from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer, and Joe Gomez, himself only just returning from a hamstring issue, as cover but neither can be considered a genuine right-back.
Slot has had to utilise midfielders Dominik Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones in the position this season.