Jurgen Klopp has vowed to find a solution for the injured Fabinho.
“Oh yes. It’s bad news. Nothing good to say about that,” he told reporters when asked about the injury. “How long it will take [to recover], we’re not sure 100 per cent but it looks pretty sure he will not be involved in the Christmas fixtures.
“We have solutions for the position. We can replace him. We’ve played good without him, but now it’s important to get him doing the right things and get him back as soon as possible. Until then, we have to find solutions. We’re not the only team with injured players. It’s what we have to deal with now and we will.
“We watched the Napoli game from last year and Hendo played the position, Gini played the position already, Adam Lallana played the position, we can change system… Losing a player of the quality of Fabinho is massive, really bad, but we are not the only team in the Premier League with injuries.
“You want to push that moment as far as possible towards the end of the year because with two weeks out, you miss six games. But that’s not the case, we can’t change it and we have to find a solution. Will it be exactly like Fabinho? Of course not, because nobody is like the other one, but it will be a good one. We have to play football and win football games again.
“It’s not that nobody is as good as him. It’s different quality. Gini came on in that position and was brilliant. We just have to make it work. Fab couldn’t have played all the games from now until March. It’s not cool, but we’re in contact with him. We think a lot about it – not in the case of ‘oh my God, how can we deal with it?’ – just in the case of ‘let’s do the right thing for Fab, let’s do the right thing for the team’.”
Following are the matches Fabinho is expected to miss: Brighton and Hove Albion, Everton, Bournemouth, Watford, Leicester City and Wolves, as well as the final Champions League group game away to RB Leipzig, the Carabao Cup clash with Aston Villa and the Club World Cup.
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