Klopp hopeful Lovren injury isn't too severe

The centre-back will undergo a scan to reveal the extend of the damage to his knee, but the manager is optimistic over the outcome.

Jurgen Klopp is hopeful the injury to Dejan Lovren is not as severe as it seemed after the defender was stretchered off during Liverpool's 2-2 draw with West Brom. 

Lovren was in considerable pain and had to be replaced after 79 minutes following a nasty collision with Craig Gardner on Saturday, with the centre-back receiving lengthy treatment to his knee.

However, Klopp revealed Lovren wasn’t in too much agony post-match, though he admitted he would be waiting anxiously to see the medical report.

“We don’t know too much about it. It’s a cut, as everybody could see in the dressing room,” said Klopp.

“We hope it’s not too serious, but we have to wait for the scan. We have to wait overnight to see if it becomes swollen or not.

“I spoke to him and he felt not too bad. I saw the situation and anything could happen in that situation.

"Hopefully we’ll have a little bit more luck than in previous situations like this – but we have to wait.”

Lovren has started in Liverpool’s best two performances of the season, stationed at the heart of defence as the club blitzed Manchester City 4-1 and Southampton 6-1 away from home.

He was on the shortlist for the Premier League’s Player of the Month for November, and has worked hard to reverse his troubled opening to life on Merseyside.

Lovren has deputised well for Mamadou Sakho, who damaged his knee ligaments in the defeat to Crystal Palace at the start of November.