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Liverpool defender Joel Matip is uncertain for Sunday's visit to Crystal Palace after he was constrained off during the Carabao Cup semi-last win against Arsenal on Thursday.
Matip was supplanted by Ibrahima Konate as a safeguard at half-time in the 2-0 triumph at Emirates Stadium and will be evaluated in front of the Palace game.
On the off chance that Matip isn't fit, Konate will nominate close by Virgil van Dijk.
Liverpool trusts Fabinho will be fit after the midfielder got what Jurgen Klopp depicted as a "legitimate thump" in the tackle that saw Thomas Partey shipped off for Arsenal.
Klopp will likewise survey Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who missed the Arsenal game with a lower leg issue. Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane are still away at the Africa Cup of Nations.
"The rest the extent that I know were just thumps," said Klopp on Friday. "Indeed, we got thumps, appropriate thumps. Amazing, the second yellow from Partey against Fabinho, was a legitimate thump.
"I heard nothing so that is more often than not positive, yet once in a while I get shocked after the public interview. In any case, I know nothing else."Harvey Elliott got back to first-group preparing this week interestingly since the lower leg tendon injury he endured at Leeds last September. He could return right on time one month from now.
Liverpool anticipated XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Jones, Gordon, Firmino, Jota.
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