Liverpool injury BLOW comes at awful moment

Liverpool have suffered another injury blow to their first-team squad. It's come at the worst possible time.

Jeremie Frimpong went off injury against Eintracht Frankfurt last week. Liverpool went on to win the game 5-1 but Frimpong didn't last very long - he suffered another hamstring injury.

The injury kept him out of both the 3-2 defeat at Brentford and the 3-0 loss at home to Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup. It's now set to keep him out for much longer, too.

The Daily Mail reports that the injury could sideline Frimpong for six weeks. He's likely to miss the entirety of November, withe only silver lining there that an international break suspends club football for two weeks.

But this comes at an awful time for Liverpool and it's not what Arne Slot needs at all.

Liverpool's fixture list

Frimpong won’t just miss any fixtures but three of the most important all season long. The first Saturday against Aston Villa.

The way things are heading right now, Unai Emery’s team will be rivals for European places come the end of the season and it’s a difficult match as it is. Now Liverpool will be short at right-back for it.

Then Real Madrid will visit Anfield in the UEFA Champions League. The Reds could really use a win there as they’ll want to finish top eight and skip the play-off round - a task that will be difficult already given they lost 1-0 to Galatasaray.

After that is Manchester City away. No explanation needed for why that’s a big game.

The real problem, then, is that these games come back to back. Conor Bradley is now the only recognised right-back available at the senior level and he’s someone who’s battled injury and fitness problems himself.

It’s an awful lot to ask of anyone to play all three games in a row. The only way around that is to move the likes of Dominik Szoboszlai to right-back - something Slot won’t want to do. Especially as Liverpool aren’t exactly thriving in midfield right now and the Hungarian has been a rare bright spark in the middle recently.

So as we say, it’s nightmare timing for Slot as he tries to find some rhythm in his team. Liverpool are up against it every week right now as the defeats pile up - not having a full squad only makes matters worse.

🔴 Shop the LFC 2025/26 adidas home range

👉🏻 Liverpool have a NEW right-back and he's the best in the world

👉🏻 Marc Guehi is COMING: Liverpool will agree deal to sign England star

👉🏻 Liverpool legend's son is now an elite centre-back