Emre Can is set to miss the rest of Liverpool’s season after the midfielder was ruled out for up to six weeks.
The Germany international sustained an ankle injury on Thursday during the Reds remarkable Europa League quarter-final win over Borussia Dortmund.
Can left Anfield on crutches and a scan has revealed that has ruptured ligaments and will be out for a minimum of four weeks.
The player will now miss next week’s Merseyside derby with Everton as well as the upcoming Europa League semi-final clashes with Villarreal.
But Jurgen Klopp remains hopeful that Can could return to action in time for Liverpool’s potential involvement for the final in Basel next month.
He said: “At this moment it is not the best news to be honest but Emre wants to be back as soon as possible and we will try everything we can do. I don’t want to give a timescale but we will try everything to get him back as soon as possible.
“Anyone who saw the game against Dortmund could see it would not be too bad if we could involve him one or two times but we will see. There is a chance, how big only time will show.
“It will take time, that is clear, but we have to find other situations. It is not about moaning about the situation. It is the last four or five weeks of the season so we should not say ‘okay the season is finished’ because there is hope.
“If he is not available we have to find other solutions, we have to give the job to different people, change the style.
“Emre is really in good shape and you could see he felt really secure and was confident and he used his skills like he should use them – not always running with the ball like he did in the past – and he played man’s football.
“If he is injured, he is injured. We cannot change so we have to think about other things.”