A stalwart in central defense for Liverpool FC, Ibrahima Konate was withdrawn at half time of Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Brighton at the weekend.
However, the arm injury suffered by Konate should not render him unavailable in midweek UCL action versus Bayer Leverkusen, as it’s not a serious injury.
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The Frenchman posted an injury update on Instagram today, saying: โThanks for all the messages of support. My injury isnโt serious thankfully. I had a scan today and it confirmed there is no break. Iโll be ready for the next game.โ
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Konate used his shirt as a makeshift sling on Saturday, in order to deal with the pain that he was in from the collision with fellow center back Virgil van Dijk. While he is fine, Alisson Becker (hamstring), Harvey Elliott (foot), Federico Chiesa (fitness) and Diogo Jota (abdominal) will all remain on the sidelines here.
Shifting gears to Leverkusen, wing-back Nordi Mukiele suffered a thigh injury in the draw with Stuttgart, and likely won’t be back until after the November internationals.
Elsewhere Jeanuel Belocian (ankle), Amine Adli (shin) and Martin Terrier (unspecified) are all expected to be absent for the German powerhouse Leverkusen.
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