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Injury DISASTER for Liverpool! Diogo Jota appears to suffer serious knee issue as Curtis Jones also limps out of chaotic Brentford game to force Mohamed Salah into early return

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Jones lasted just over half an hour before landing awkwardly, with Ryan Gravenberch brought on in his place. Jota then made a vital contribution to <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/video-darwin-nunez-sublime-liverpool-striker-nets-outrageous-dink-woeful-defending-sergio-reguilon/blt53eb0d3c5b1b9d13" target="_blank">set up Darwin Nunez for a fine finish to put Liverpool 1-0 up</a>. But he was crunched minutes later by a combination of team-mate Alexis Mac Allister and Brentford's Christian Norgaard and stayed down after a worrying-looking knee injury. The Liverpool forward had to be stretchered off as Salah made an unexpectedly early introduction at the Gtech Community Stadium.

WHAT HAPPENED?

The double injury is a hammer blow for Jurgen Klopp. Liverpool are already without <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/jurgen-klopp-trent-alexander-arnold-injury-liverpool/bltbce5af286dd3606c" target="_blank">Trent Alexander-Arnold</a>, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/alisson-ruled-out-liverpool-goalkeeper-miss-brentford-clash-hamstring-injury-training/blteb67f900e7c9e93d" target="_blank">Alisson</a>, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/thiago-injured-liverpool-arsenal-comeback/blt52cf3bc5ab0fafd2" target="_blank">Thiago Alcantara</a> and Dominik Szoboszlai, among others, and would likely have been planning not to <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/liverpool-huge-mohamed-salah-boost-jurgen-klopp-positive-fitness-update-brentford/bltc46128595ee48f20" target="_blank">re-introduce Salah</a> so early on Saturday. Klopp now faces an anxious wait on Jota's condition - as that knock looked particularly serious - as he enters an injury crisis at the worst possible moment of the campaign.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Speaking at full-time of Liverpool's 4-1 win over Brentford, Klopp said on the injuries: "Mixed emotions because we lost players, which we don't know how serious they are. It doesn't look great for either of them (Jota and Jones)."

WHAT DID KLOPP SAY AFTER THE MATCH?

Jota has already spent a month out injured this season with a muscle problem - missing eight games for Liverpool - and only returned to action in late December. Camera shots from within the tunnel area of the Gtech Community Stadium later showed the Portuguese worryingly struggling to walk, where a serious injury would be a nightmare blow for the Reds.

DID YOU KNOW?

Klopp is losing men - and fast - ahead of a crunch Carabao Cup final clash against Chelsea in just over a week's time. <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/is-darwin-nunez-injured-why-liverpool-striker-taken-off-at-half-time-against-brentford/blt362e8509921036d6" target="_blank">Nunez was also hooked at half-time</a> of Saturday's clash against the Bees, with the Reds boss admitting afterwards that he's "not sure" how serious his injury issue is and that he removed him as a precaution.

WHAT NEXT FOR LIVERPOOL?

Injury DISASTER for Liverpool! Diogo Jota appears to suffer serious knee issue as Curtis Jones also limps out of chaotic Brentford game to force Mohamed Salah into early return | Goal.com Singapore

Liverpool endured a nightmare spell against Brentford on Saturday which saw both Diogo Jota and Curtis Jones forced off to add to their injury woes.