“Liverpool” played against “Arsenal” of London (1:1) on Saturday, but did not win in the Premier League for the second home game in a row and with 39 points in 18 matches occupies the second place, one point behind “Arsenal”. In the first half, it was also necessary to make a forced change – the rival leader Bukayo Saka pushed the Greek defender Tsimika in a duel, who flew into the legs of his team’s head coach Jurgen Klopp.
The German specialist confirmed that the 27-year-old Greek has been diagnosed with a broken collarbone, which will force him to miss several months. Since mid-October, leading left defender Robertson has also been in the infirmary with a shoulder injury. “The collarbone fracture is very bad because it takes a long time. Like Robo: he had another injury, but also a long one,” said Klopp.
Since Robertson’s injury, Cimiks had started almost all of Liverpool’s games in the Premier League. As only the inexperienced Luke Chambers and Callum Scanlon remain behind the Scotsman and the Greek, the right-footed Joe Gomez, who replaced Cimika on Saturday and had already started two matches in November and December on the left wing, will most likely have to play on the left wing. Liverpool will visit Burnley tomorrow, but on Monday they will start 2024 with an important home game against Newcastle United. Robertson is slowly getting closer to being able to return to the lineup, but it is unlikely to happen until the end of the year.
Cimiks started his professional career at the Greek club “Olympiacos” of Piraeus, also spent time on loan at “Esbjerg” of Denmark and “Willem II” of the Netherlands, but moved to Liverpool in the summer of 2020 in a transfer of 13 million. Cimiks has played 32 games in the Greek national team.
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