Nottingham Forest face a nervous wait over the fitness of Scott McKenna as their injury woes continued at Liverpool.
The Reds defender was forced off after half an hour of the 3-2 defeat at Anfield, having taken a blow while defending a set-piece. He walked off wincing and clutching his side, and is set to undergo scans to determine the extent of the problem.
Head coach Steve Cooper has had to contend with a significant absentee list for much of this season, adding to the challenge Forest face to avoid the drop. McKenna himself had only just returned from a hamstring injury which had kept him out since February, and he could now face another period out of action.
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"It will be firmed up in the next day or two," Cooper said. "There was talk about his collarbone.
"I guess X-rays and scans will firm everything up in the next day or two. But it didn't look great.
"We know what he is like, so for him to walk off as he did doesn't look great. As always, the next couple of days will determine exactly what's what with it."
The Reds are still without Jack Colback, Cheikhou Kouyate, Gustavo Scarpa, Ryan Yates, Serge Aurier, Chris Wood, Willy Boly, Dean Henderson, Omar Richards and Giulian Biancone. Jonjo Shelvey was also not included in the match squad for the trip to Merseyside.
Cooper’s men are next in action on Wednesday night, when they host Brighton and Hove Albion at the City Ground. They go into the game having dropped to 19th in the table, on the back of an 11-match winless run.
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