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Liverpool suffered an injury scare less than a week before the start of the Premier League season after Andy Robertson hobbled off in the friendly against Athletic Bilbao at Anfield.
The Scotland left-back, who started every league match last season, had to be helped off the pitch by two of the team's medical team shortly before half-time after appearing to fall awkwardly and injure an ankle attempting to stop a cross by Alex Berenguer.
On the plus side Virgil Van Dijk continued his comeback by playing 71 minutes against the La Liga side, the most he has managed since an anterior cruciate knee ligament injury in October.
Jurgen Klopp’s side kick-off their league campaign away to Norwich next Saturday evening.
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Robertson will undergo further assessment tomorrow but his chances of making next week already do not look good.
“We don’t know how serious it is. It was pretty painful and that is why Andy went off,” Klopp said
“He got the ball on the front of his foot, twisted his ankle. The pain settled already but we cannot say without further assessment.
“He needs to get a scan and then we will know more.”
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