{"id":160166,"date":"2024-03-08T15:03:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T15:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/08\/liverpool-left-sweating-on-ibrahima-konate-fitness-ahead-of-man-city-clash\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T15:03:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T15:03:52","slug":"liverpool-left-sweating-on-ibrahima-konate-fitness-ahead-of-man-city-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/08\/liverpool-left-sweating-on-ibrahima-konate-fitness-ahead-of-man-city-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool left sweating on Ibrahima Konate fitness ahead of Man City clash \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Liverpool centre-back Ibrahima Konate came off early against Sparta Prague on Thursday night as a precaution but the Reds must wait for more information on the full extent of the Frenchman\u2019s injury ahead Sunday\u2019s clash with Manchester City.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Konate was withdrawn five minutes after half-time in the Czech capital, replaced by Virgil van Dijk as\u00a0Liverpool ran out 5-1 winners to put one foot in the Europa League quarter-finals. It appeared to be the result of some kind of muscle problem when chasing back towards his own goal.<\/p>\n<p>Based on what Jurgen Klopp said afterwards, the player appeared to take the decision to come off himself out of fear of causing more serious damage were he to continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know [yet]. Ibou said to me when he passed me in that moment, \u2018I thought if I do another sprint then it could be bad.\u2019 So, he said he should be fine, but we don\u2019t know,\u201d Klopp explained.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01hrddkn6tyffznw5xft.jpg\" alt=\"Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk\" title=\"Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Virgil van Dijk came on in Konate\u2019s place \/ Alexander Hassenstein\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Liverpool\u00a0fans will be hoping that Konate caught himself just in time and that it is nothing serious, especially with Joel Matip already out for the season and Jarell Quansah the only remaining back-up central defender, if Joe Gomez continues at right-back, for a tense run-in on multiple fronts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis substitution was precautionary,\u201d Klopp also said to\u00a0<em>TNT Sports<\/em>. \u201cWe will see [for Sunday].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool will stay top of the\u00a0Premier League\u00a0at the weekend with a win over Manchester City at Anfield. Defeat would see City jump in front of them, while a draw would leave both clubs vulnerable to being leapfrogged by Arsenal from third place thanks to the Gunners\u2019 goal difference.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool centre-back Ibrahima Konate came off early against Sparta Prague on Thursday night as a precaution but the Reds must wait for more information on the full extent of the Frenchman\u2019s injury ahead Sunday\u2019s clash with Manchester City. 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