• Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp: ‘We will have to wait for a scan … the pain got better’
Liverpool returned to the Premier League summit, at least briefly, with a 2-0 victory against Sunderland but it came at a price as Philippe Coutinho was taken off on a stretcher with a potentially serious ankle injury. The Brazilian, outstanding in Liverpool’s rise under Jürgen Klopp this season, left Anfield on crutches and will undergo a scan to determine the extent of an injury suffered when he was caught accidentally by the Sunderland midfielder Didier Ndong.
Coutinho immediately signalled to the bench and was in obvious distress as he was carried off with his right leg in a protective brace. Klopp said the pain had reduced by half-time – Coutinho was injured 15 minutes earlier – but it will represent a major setback to the Liverpool manager and his team’s Premier League challenge should his most creative player be out for an extended spell.
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