His exit against Fulham in the 69th minute did not bode well. Complaining about his knee, Joël Matip was forced to leave the Reds earlier than expected against the Cottagers last weekend. Subsequently, his coach Jürgen Klopp was not optimistic about him when commenting on his state of health on the sidelines of the trip to Sheffield United.
It was also at the end of his team’s victory against the Blades (2-0) that the German technician killed the suspense by announcing that the Cameroonian defender was suffering from a ruptured cruciate ligament. “That’s what I expected unfortunately from the first second. Everything looked like this. It’s very unfortunate”, regretted the 56-year-old coach in front of the press. Not spared from repeated physical problems since his arrival on the banks of the Mersey from Schalke 04 in 2016, Joël Matip will be absent for many months even though he had just entered the last year of his contract with Liverpool …
