Tottenham Hotspur have been dealt an enormous blow ahead of their Premier League assembly with Liverpool on Sunday afternoon.
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Speaking in his pre-match press convention on Friday (through Liverpool Echo), Jurgen Klopp revealed that Jordan Henderson – who missed the Reds’ Champions League win over Napoli in midweek as a consequence of a knee injury – is now obtainable for the journey to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this weekend.
Regarding the health of the England midfielder, the German stated: “Henderson is available, he trained [on Thursday] as normal. He had a little thing but serious enough not to be involved on Tuesday.”
Huge blow for Spurs
Considering how vital Henderson is to Liverpool, the news that the 32-year-old shall be obtainable for choice in opposition to Spurs on Sunday is undoubtedly an enormous blow for Antonio Conte and his facet, particularly contemplating the latest struggles of Fabinho within the center of the park.
Indeed, over his 11 Premier League appearances to date this season, the Liverpool captain has been a rock in central midfield, creating three large possibilities for his team-mates along with averaging 0.8 interceptions, 0.8 tackles, 37.9 passes and three.1 lengthy balls and profitable 1.7 duels (at successful price of 56%) per recreation.
These returns have seen the £22m-rated expertise common a really respectable SofaScore match ranking of 6.98, at present rating him as Klopp’s ninth-best performer within the prime flight.
The £140k-per-week midfielder has additionally caught the attention over his three Champions League outings this time period, offering one help and creating one large probability for his team-mates, together with averaging 0.7 interceptions, two tackles, 46.7 passes and a pair of.7 lengthy balls and profitable 2.3 duels (at successful price of 58%) per fixture.
These returns have seen the England worldwide common a merely sensational SofaScore match ranking of 7.17, rating him as Liverpool’s joint seventh-best participant in Europe’s most prestigious membership competitors.
As such, it’s evident to see simply how pivotal a component of the Reds midfield Henderson has been, along with his return to health for the journey to Tottenham most actually coming as an enormous blow to Conte’s possibilities of taking all three factors from the conflict on Sunday afternoon.