Liverpool have suffered the “big blow” of losing Virgil van Dijk for more than a month after Jurgen Klopp said the centre-back got “a harsh diagnosis” when he saw a specialist about his hamstring injury.
Van Dijk is set to miss the Premier League clash with Chelsea and could be a doubt for next month’s Merseyside derby while Liverpool will hope to have the defender available again for a four-day spell in February when they face Newcastle and Real Madrid.
