Liverpool will be evaluating the fitness of Darwin Nunez leading up to Sunday’s crucial Premier League encounter against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
Jurgen Klopp confirmed that Nunez picked up a foot injury during Wednesday’s impressive 4-1 victory over Chelsea at Anfield and he expressed uncertainty regarding his availability for selection.
Despite the setback, the 24-year-old played the full duration of the game as the Reds extended their lead at the top of the league table to five points.
The team will now closely monitor the forward’s condition to determine whether he will be fit to participate in the clash against Arsenal.
During his pre-match press conference on Friday morning, Klopp said: “I don’t know if Darwin is available or not because after 20 minutes somebody stepped on his foot and it was very painful after the game.
“He only took his boot off after the game because he didn’t want to see it before, he knew there was something. So, he left the stadium in a boot, and it was not a football boot.
“So, nothing broke, X-ray clear, but [it is] swollen and we have to see if he can get his foot back into a boot or not because we all know that takes time. I did not see him this morning so we have to wait a little bit.”
On the game against the Gunners, Klopp added: “Will we improve? We will see. What we learn is that we have to be much more dominant in possession.
“There it was a typical away game. Yes, we had a few problems here and there, that’s true, and it’s a cup game, it’s all about the result, stuff like this.
“But I think everybody who saw the game knows that Arsenal could have scored before we scored and that could have given the game a completely different direction obviously.
“But even these kind of games you can win, but I would prefer us to have more moments where we are in charge – as difficult as it is because they are really good.
“You saw it in the home game when we played, first half they were super-physical in a good way, not kicking or whatever, really strong on the ball and they won these one-v-one situations, they won press balls, 50-50 situations, they won all that.
“But they could not cope with us for 90 minutes and probably in the second half we should have won that game, but that’s quite normal in football and quite common.
“I try to give the boys the right information [so] that we can just be better and being better means being more in the game, being more in the game means you have a bigger chance to win it.”
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