Gakpo suffered the injury just before equalising for his side (Picture: Getty)
Gody Gakpo could be set for a spell on the sidelines after the Liverpool forward left the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium wearing a leg brace.
Liverpool fell to a 2-1 defeat to Tottenham on Saturday night with Gakpo on the scoresheet to level the contest just before half-time.
Jurgen Klopp’s side were reduced to nine men in a frantic contest where a Joel Matip own goal sealed the win for Spurs deep into added time. Luis Diaz saw a first half goal ruled out for offside, with the PGMOL since releasing a statement confirming his effort was incorrectly chalked off due to a ‘significant human error’ during the VAR review.
Liverpool’s woes were further compounded by Gakpo’s injury, with the Netherlands international leaving the stadium with his right knee in a brace.
Gakpo picked up the knock in a challenge from Destiny Udogie just before scoring his goal, immediately limping away after hitting the back of the net.
He will undergo a scan to determine the severity of the problem.
‘Cody is now with a brace limping down the corridor,’ Jurgen Klopp said in his post-match press conference.
Gakpo limped away as his teammates tried to celebrate with him (Picture: Getty)
‘That’s my biggest problem, to be honest, in this moment. We lost two players [to red cards] and maybe a third player [to injury], really bad.
‘He scored a goal but after that shot he felt it even more. It was from the foul before.’
Klopp was left furious with the decision to rule out Diaz’s goal with replays showing his forward was being kept onside by Spurs defender Cristian Romero.
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The Liverpool boss also disagreed with the red card decisions that saw Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota sent off.
‘The first red card, Curtis steps on the ball and goes over. Not a bad tackle,’ Klopp said. ‘It looks different in slow motion. He steps full throttle on the ball and goes over the ball. That is unlucky.
‘[For Jota] first yellow was not a yellow. Then he gets a second and to defend with eight outfield players is tricky.’
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