{"id":172209,"date":"2024-04-16T20:47:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/16\/key-defender-ruled-out-until-may\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T20:47:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:47:05","slug":"key-defender-ruled-out-until-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/16\/key-defender-ruled-out-until-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Key defender ruled out until May \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Liverpool defender Conor Bradley is expected to miss the rest of April as a result of the ankle injury he suffered during Sunday\u2019s surprise Premier League defeat to Crystal Palace.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bradley has become a regular starter for Liverpool since January and has impressed during that time, even raising the possibility that his emergence could\u00a0help Trent Alexander-Arnold make the permanent switch into midfield\u00a0to fully utilise his range of passing.<\/p>\n<p>But the 20-year-old was forced off early in the second half during the visit of Palace, to be replaced by Alexander-Arnold making his first appearance since February after recovering from a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest that Bradley\u2019s ankle problem will sideline him for up to three weeks, meaning he may not be available for selection again until into May. That rules the Northern Ireland international out of Thursday\u2019s Europa League quarter-final second leg against Atalanta, as well as upcoming Premier League encounters with Fulham, Everton and West Ham United.<\/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\/04\/01hvm2pkj1bbzy2vd0mn.jpg\" alt=\"Conor Bradley\" title=\"Conor Bradley\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Conor Bradley came off after 48 minutes on Sunday \/ James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Bradley might also still be a doubt for the visit of Tottenham Hotspur on 5 May, which happens to be Jurgen Klopp\u2019s penultimate game at Anfield before he leaves the club.<\/p>\n<p>It points to Alexander-Arnold potentially starting against Atalanta in Bergamo, where Liverpool face an uphill task to turn the tie around after a shock 3-0 defeat in the first leg last week.<\/p>\n<p>The alternative option for Klopp if he doesn\u2019t wish to risk Alexander-Arnold from the start, especially with Bradley out and the Premier League title race heating up, is to bring the versatile Joe Gomez back into the lineup. The England international lost his place as a stand-in on the left when Andrew Robertson returned to fitness recently, but played at right-back several times earlier in the season.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-814-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-851204\"  \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool defender Conor Bradley is expected to miss the rest of April as a result of the ankle injury he suffered during Sunday\u2019s surprise Premier League defeat to Crystal Palace. Bradley has become a regular starter for Liverpool since January and has impressed during that time, even raising the possibility that his emergence could\u00a0help Trent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Key defender ruled out until May \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/16\/key-defender-ruled-out-until-may\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Key defender ruled out until May \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Liverpool defender Conor Bradley is expected to miss the rest of April as a result of the ankle injury he suffered during Sunday\u2019s surprise Premier League defeat to Crystal Palace. 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