Injury DISASTER for Liverpool! Diogo Jota appears to suffer serious knee issue as Curtis Jones also limps out of chaotic Brentford game

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 set up Darwin Nunez for a fine finish to put Liverpool 1-0 up. But he was crunched minutes later by a combination of team-mate Alexis Mac Allister and Brenford’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.

The double injury is a hammer blow for Jurgen Klopp. Liverpool are already without Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson, Thiago Alcantara, Dominik Szoboszlai and Stefan Bajcetic, among others, and would likely have been planning not to re-introduce Salah so early on Saturday. Klopp now faces an anxious wait on Jota’s condition – as that looked particularly serious – as he enters an injury crisis at the worst possible moment of the campaign.