Liverpool received devastating news when one of their players, Kostas Tsimikas, was injured during the game against Arsenal. He appears to have broken his collarbone. This occurred in the 35th minute, when he collapsed in an unusual manner following a dangerous move by Bukayo Saka. Unfortunately, he also ran into Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, who was watching from the sidelines. The full-time score was 1-1. Saka later apologized for his dangerous action.
Kostas Tsimikas out for long time, Bukayo Saka apologizes
Jurgen Klopp, the Liverpool manager, said that Kostas Tsimikas got hurt badly and will be away from the game for a while. This happened when Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka made a dangerous play against Tsimikas, causing him to break his collarbone. Tsimikas had to leave the match about 10 minutes before half-time. During the incident, Saka also pushed Tsimikas into Klopp, making the Liverpool manager fall.
Saka apologized for injuring Tsimikas. Liverpool’s main left-back, Andrew Robertson, hasn’t been playing since October when he dislocated his shoulder while playing for Scotland. In the recent 1-1 game, Joe Gomez played in Robertson’s place.
“I would happily give my collarbone for him to be fit again. It is not cool when something like that happens in front of you and you are involved in that, I was not sure what even happened or if I fell on him. It is not nice to see,” Klopp said.
“It was massively overshadowed by Kostas Tsimikas’s collarbone issue, definitely broken, so he is out for a long time,” he added.
Bukayo Saka also had his say about the incident.
“I’ve heard he’s gone to hospital, I want to apologize. For me, it was just a 50/50 I’ve gone shoulder-to-shoulder, I didn’t see he went into Jurgen Klopp. I was focused on the ball because I didn’t think it was a foul,” he said.
At first, the Greek player took some time to get going, but he has done well this season when filling in for Robertson. Liverpool also has young left-backs, Luke Chambers and Calum Scanlon, as backup options. However, it looks like Gomez will now be the main choice for the left-back position in the upcoming weeks. Liverpool missed a good opportunity from Trent Alexander-Arnold in the game and had to be content with just one point in a very energetic match.
