Dave Maddock of the Mirror believes Trent Alexander-Arnold’s injury isn’t a major concern for Jurgen Klopp, and the manager has plans to deal with the problem.
The English defender is out for a month after hurting his knee and will miss at least four games for the Reds.
Maddock tweeted that this would open the door for James Milner to have a possible run in the team as a full-back.
Klopp not panicking over Trent AA injury – likely to miss only 3 games. Manager let Clyne go because he wants @JamesMilner influence in his dressing room and in team if possible…and back up full back (on both sides) offers opportunity. Gomez back next week too #LFC
— David Maddock (@MaddockMirror) January 15, 2019
The versatile Englishman has played as the right-back this season in place of Alexander-Arnold, and even spent almost a season as our first-choice left-back.
Opportunities are few to start in the midfield given the form of Georginio Wijnaldum this season and the rise of Fabinho in recent games.
Klopp has had to rotate his midfield a lot due to the presence of Jordan Henderson, Naby Keita and Milner and the change in formation also has to be factored in.
Liverpool often deploy a 4-2-3-1 with two holding midfielders, further limiting the opportunities for stars like Milner.
The Reds do have options for their right-backs with Rafa Camacho and Ki-Jana Hoever impressing against Wolves in our FA Cup third round exit.
Fabinho can also be shifted there and Joe Gomez should return to the team in a few weeks after recovering from a fracture.
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The Reds have some winnable fixtures in the next four weeks, but we need all our players back before our Champions League tie against Bayern Munich on 19 February.
