Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said he hopes the ankle injury sustained by Joel Matip during Sunday’s friendly win over Wigan Athletic is not a serious one.
Matip, a German-born Cameroon international, joined on a free transfer from Bundesliga side Schalke at the end of last season. He limped off in the final stages in the 2-0 win over the Championship side.
“I hope it’s only a minor problem. It’s not too serious, hopefully. We had to make the decision of Joel or Dejan (Lovren), who has to play the whole 90 minutes?” Klopp told the club’s website.
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With defender Mamadou Sakho, who underwent treatment for a long-standing Achilles problem, set to miss the Premier League opener against Arsenal on August 14, Klopp is confident Matip, 24, will resume training on Tuesday.
“It’s the foot he had problems with in the past and then he had a little bit of pain when pre-season started because of the intensity. He said he’s had it one or two times already. He’s used to it,” Klopp said.
“I think tomorrow (Monday) he’ll rest, then he can go again.”
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Scoreline Switzerland 5
Rodríguez 26' (pen), Seferovic 31', 44', 84', Elvedi 62'
Belgium 2
T Hazard 2', 17'
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UAE beat Nigeria by five wickets
Hong Kong beat Canada by 32 runs
Friday fixtures
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7.30pm, Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi – Canada v Oman
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5.45pm: Burj Nahaar – Group 3 (TB) $228,000 (D) 1,600m; Winner: Midnight Sands, Pat Dobbs, Doug Watson
6.20pm: Jebel Hatta – Group 1 (TB) $260,000 (T) 1,800m; Winner: Lord Glitters, Daniel Tudhope, David O’Meara
6.55pm: Al Maktoum Challenge Round-1 – Group 1 (TB) $390,000 (D) 2,000m; Winner: Salute The Soldier, Adrie de Vries, Fawzi Nass
7.30pm: Nad Al Sheba – Group 3 (TB) $228,000 (T) 1,200m; Winner: Final Song, Frankie Dettori, Saeed bin Suroor
Result Crystal Palace 0 Manchester City 2
Man City: Jesus (39), David Silva (41)
MATCH INFO Day 2 at the Gabba
Australia 312-1
Warner 151 not out, Burns 97, Labuschagne 55 not out
Pakistan 240
Shafiq 76, Starc 4-52
Scores Oman 109-3 in 18.4 overs (Aqib Ilyas 45 not out, Aamir Kaleem 27) beat UAE 108-9 in 20 overs (Usman 27, Mustafa 24, Fayyaz 3-16, Bilal 3-23)
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Bengal Lions Leading player: Sarfraz Ahmed; Top picks: Sunil Narine, Mustafizur Rahman; UAE players: Mohammed Naveed, Rameez Shahzad
Kerala Kings Leading player: Eoin Morgan; Top picks: Kieron Pollard, Sohail Tanvir; UAE players: Rohan Mustafa, Imran Haider
Pakhtoons Leading player: Shahid Afridi; Top picks: Fakhar Zaman, Tamim Iqbal; UAE players: Amjad Javed, Saqlain Haider
Punjabi Legends Leading player: Shoaib Malik; Top picks: Hasan Ali, Chris Jordan; UAE players: Ghulam Shabber, Shareef Asadullah
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7.05pm: Handicap (78-94) $60,000 1,800m Winner: Baroot, Christophe Soumillon, Mike de Kock
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