Your morning Liverpool headlines on Thursday, February 17.
Man City get Premier League fixture boost Liverpool will be hoping for
Manchester City produced a ruthless display in the away leg of their clash with Sporting CP on Tuesday, romping to a 5-0 win in Lisbon.
It means barring a miracle at the Etihad Stadium on March 9, City are in the hat.
There's potential for that progress to have an impact on the Premier League title race too.
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Although City have a quality squad, following the sale of Ferran Torres in January and the departure of Sergio Aguero ahead of the campaign, it is a smaller group of senior players than Pep Guardiola has been used to working with.
As a result, City will surely rest some fatigued figures when Sporting visit and that means the fixtures around that second leg may see the Premier League leaders in better condition than they would have been otherwise.
That may not be the best news for Liverpool, as two of City's most testing fixtures sandwich that Sporting clash.
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Jurgen Klopp gives Diogo Jota injury update after Liverpool substitution in Inter Milan win
Jurgen Klopp says Diogo Jota will be assessed on Thursday after suffering ankle ligament damage in the 2-0 win over Inter Milan.
The Portugal international was withdrawn at half-time of the victory in the San Siro on Wednesday night before his replacement, Roberto Firmino, headed in the opening goal against the Italian champions.
Mohamed Salah scored goal number 24 of his campaign to double the advantage late on as the Reds put themselves firmly in control ahead of the second leg at Anfield next month.
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Despite the positives, however, Klopp confirmed Jota was taken off as a precaution after hurting his ankle.
"I am really happy with everything apart from the fact that Diogo had to go off with something around the ankle ligament, we don't know exactly," Klopp told BT Sport after the game.
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