Liverpool Lost Defender Trent Alexander-Arnold In Carabao Cup Final

Liverpool lost Trent Alexander-Arnold against Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final. (X/@LFC)

JAKARTA - A heavy blow for Liverpool who lost mainstay defender Trent Alexander-Arnold. The knee injury forced Alexander-Arnold to miss the Carabao Cup final or the English League Cup against Chelsea, Sunday, February 25, 2024.

Alexander-Arnold actually suffered an injury while bringing Liverpool to a 2-0 win against Arsenal in the FA Cup, early January 2024. The knee injury he suffered forced the England national team defender to be out for three weeks.

It was recorded that Alexander-Arnold did not appear in three matches, two of which were in the Carabao Cup semifinal against Fulham. He returned to play when the Reds faced Norwich City in the FA Cup match, January 28, 2024.

In the big match against Arsenal in the English Premier League, Alexander-Arnold started again. But this 25-year-old player only played almost 60 minutes before being replaced by Andrew Robertson.

Alexander-Arnold is still being played by manager Jurgen Klopp against Burnley.

In that match, Liverpool won 3-1, but Alexander-Arnold had to leave the pitch early. He played during the first half and was then replaced by Harvey Elliot.

This time he's really injured in knee so Alexander-Arnold will be out for three weeks. This injury is not related to what he experienced against Arsenal in the FA Cup.

As a result of his injury, the second captain of The Kop has not trained since last Tuesday. He is actually expected to recover before the third week. But Klopp didn't want to rush into playing Alexander-Arnold.

This means that he will miss the next three matches against Brentford, Luton Town and finally the Carabao Cup final at Wembley Stadium.

But the good news is, the forward Mohamed Salah has returned to training. He showed that he had recovered from a hamstring injury.

Likewise goalkeeper Alisson Becker. However, Alisson may not appear in the Carabao Cup final. The reason is, the tournament has become the second goalkeeper of Caoimhin's neck.