Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has today given an update on the fitness of Thiago Alcantara.
The midfielder was left in tears when a hamstring injury suffered in the warm-up of their Carabao Cup final triumph forced him to withdraw shortly before kick-off.
The Reds boss thinks he will be sidelined for about a week, though he could return for the Champions League last-16 second leg against Inter Milan on 8 March.
"He's not crying any more," said Klopp.
“It was a very emotional moment. We were all surprised; I came in the dressing room, I watched the whole warming up and didn't see anything, then we came in, he is on the [treatment] bed and the physios tell me he feels something in the hamstring, which is not good.
“Then we had to make the decision he could not start. In this moment when you are that close to playing a final… for the one player who probably won the most silverware in the whole squad, or as much as the whole squad together, showing then this kind of emotion, I didn't like that he didn't feel that good, but the desire to play a final I liked a lot."
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