Liverpool boss Klopp offers mixed update on Diaz recovery

Football
1 Mar 2023 • 2:53 PM MYT
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Colombian winger Luis Diaz is set to miss Liverpool's Champions League tie with Real Madrid.

The Reds are 5-2 down after the home leg of their round of 16 clash with the Spanish champions.

Now they will have to do without Diaz for the second leg in Spain, as he is not yet 100 percent fit.

It's a different situation to last season," said Reds manager Jurgen Klopp of Diaz to reporters this week.

He came here having played all the games for Porto pretty much and now he's out with an injury for the second time. I can tell you the two sessions he had with us in Dubai, it was like: 'Oh my God, how good is that!'

Then he was injured again. When he is back, he will be really good and very impactful, of course. That is clear. How quickly, I don't know. We have to see. That's the big challenge in these moments. There's no time for being patient but you have to be patient.

I'm positive about him that there's a good chance to have a real impact in 10, 11, 12 games maybe. We will see how long it exactly takes. It's estimated that maybe next week he will be warming up with the team and then maybe a week later being in team training. That would be cool."