Liverpool get huge title race boost as Joe Gomez returns to training for first time since December
Gomez has been sidelined since having surgery to mend a lower leg fracture
LIVERPOOL have been handed a huge injury boost as Joe Gomez has returned to training.
Gomez has been sidelined since having surgery to mend a lower leg fracture he picked up at the start of December.
And although he is still training away from the rest of the squad, he could well feature for the crucial Premier League title run-in.
Reds boss Jurgen Klopp said: “Joe is not injured anymore and nearly fit after a long time.
“I think Joe was out for 15 weeks. That’s long so he needs to now create the basis again for the rest of the season.”
Swiss winger Xherdan Shaqiri should be fit for the weekend after recovering from a groin injury that kept him out of international duty.
But there have been a couple of setbacks for the squad.
Right back Trent Alexander-Arnold is a doubt for Sunday’s Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur due to a back injury.
Trent Alexander-Arnold still feels his back. We’re not 100 per cent.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp
A back injury forced Alexander-Arnold to withdraw from England’s squad for their Euro 2020 qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Montenegro during the recent international break.
Klopp told the Liverpool website: “Trent still feels his back. We’re not 100 per cent sure so we have to watch him.
“It’s not an obvious injury that you can say something is broke or whatever, it’s just a bit annoying actually that he cannot feel really free.
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who has not played since rupturing a ligament in his right knee last April, has suffered a minor setback after sustaining a muscle injury playing for the U23s.
Klopp said: “Ox is positive, we are all positive. It was a little setback. That’s how it is.
“We’re careful of course and I think he’ll be in training in a week again.”
League leaders Liverpool are two points ahead of Manchester City having played a game more but could find themselves back in second before Spurs visit Anfield.
City travel to second-bottom Fulham on Saturday.
