Liverpool forwards Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino remain considerable doubts for the Carabao Cup Final against Chelsea this weekend.
Portuguese international Jota hurt his ankle in the Champions League last-16 first-leg win over Inter Milan last week, being substituted at half-time at the San Siro and later spotted on crutches and wearing a medical boot.
The 25-year-old sat out Saturday’s 3-1 comeback win over Norwich on Merseyside and is now in a race against time to make Jurgen Klopp’s squad for Wembley on Sunday.
Likewise Firmino, with the Brazilian also suffering a muscle injury against Inter and being absent against Norwich.
Neither player will be considered to face Leeds in a rearranged Premier League fixture on Wednesday evening, while Klopp appeared pessimistic over their chances of being fit to play a part against Chelsea.
“No, for tomorrow, no chance, and then [for] the final we will see. I don’t know in the moment,” Klopp told reporters when quizzed on Jota and Firmino at his pre-Leeds press conference on Tuesday. “It would be easy to say now ‘no’, but we will see.
“They are [pushing] but they were not on the pitch for training [yet] so that’s not a good sign. We have to see what we can do with the boys in the next few days and then we make a decision later in the week.”
