Diogo Jota injury update: Liverpool attacker carried off at Brentford

Red-hot Liverpool forward Diogo Jota was carried off the pitch at Brentford on Saturday as injuries continue to pile up for the Premier League leaders.

Jurgen Klopp also lost rising star Curtis Jones to injury in the first half and star goalkeeper Alisson was injured on Friday in training.

With Dominik Szoboszlai, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Joel Matip (he’s out for the season) missing through injury too, that’s basically half of Liverpool’s starting lineup who are now unavailable.

That’s not what you need when Liverpool are top of the Premier League table and fighting for four trophies with the League Cup final coming up next weekend, plus they’re in the last 16 of the FA Cup and Europa League.

Moments after Jota brilliantly set up Darwin Nunez to put Liverpool 1-0 up at Brentford he was then bizarrely caught by his own man.

Alexis Mac Allister clipped him on the foot with several Brentford players nearby.

Jota then fell to the floor and as he did a Brentford player fell on top of his knee. That could be the crucial part of this injury as the whack on his foot from Mac Allister didn’t seem hard enough to cause a serious injury. But Jota having that kind of weight landing on his knee as he had it extended could have caused serious damage.

The sight of Jota, who has been in incredible form in recent weeks, coming off injured is not what Klopp wanted to see.

Now all eyes will be on Mohamed Salah, who returned from injury as he came on to replace Jota, as Klopp will be hoping his Egyptian star can stay fit for the rest of the season.