{"id":415322,"date":"2018-04-03T13:39:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T13:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=415322"},"modified":"2018-04-03T13:39:34","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T13:39:34","slug":"liverpool-defender-matip-set-miss-rest-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/04\/liverpool-defender-matip-set-miss-rest-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool defender Matip set to miss rest of season"},"content":{"rendered":"
Liverpool centre-back Joel Matip is set to miss the rest of the season as the club say he is “likely to require an operation on a thigh injury”.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old suffered the injury during\u00a0the win at Crystal Palace\u00a0on Saturday but played the whole game.<\/p>\n
A Reds statement<\/i>\u00a0said “the operation is likely to end” Matip’s “involvement in the remainder” of the campaign.<\/p>\n
Liverpool play Manchester City in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The Germany-born, former Cameroon defender has made 25 league appearances this season, scoring once.<\/p>\n
Matip’s injury comes after fellow defender Joe Gomez suffered an ankle injury playing for England during the international break.<\/p>\n
Midfielder Adam Lallana also suffered an injury against Palace which manager Jurgen Klopp described as “serious”.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Liverpool centre-back Joel Matip is set to miss the rest of the season as the club say he is “likely to require an operation on a thigh injury”. The 26-year-old suffered the injury during\u00a0the win at Crystal Palace\u00a0on Saturday but played the whole game. A Reds statement\u00a0said “the operation is likely to end” Matip’s “involvement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":415323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[18419,165],"yoast_head":"\n