The big centre back hasn’t suffered an ACL but will be out for weeks still
With injury after injury piling up for Liverpool in recent weeks, the sight of Mamadou Sakho being unable to shake off what looked like a pretty bad knock in the first half on Sunday was a worrying one indeed.
The French defender looked agonised seconds after hitting the ground yesterday, something which was a very concerning sight, particularly considering that the man is considered to be something of a beast.
Thankfully, it has been confirmed this evening that Sakho has not suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, something that has struck down a couple of his team mates for the whole season already.
The bad news however, is that Sakho could still be out for anywhere from 6-8 weeks. What the actual injury is is slightly unclear, other than he’s suffered a knee injury.
According to Dominic King in the MailOnline, the big man will not return to action until late December, possibly as late as January. The club will hope for some good news when the defender sees a specialist consultant on Tuesday.
Either way, Liverpool could endure a spell without Sakho, meaning that Dejan Lovren will be pairing up with Martin Skrtel for the foreseeable. Assuming, of course, neither of those two suddenly come down with some form of mystery knee injury between now and the trip to the Etihad.
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