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Henderson backs ‘brilliant’ Oxlade-Chamberlain to come back even better

Liverpool’s No.21 saw his impressive first season at Anfield cruelly cut short when he sustained knee ligament damage during the Reds’ Champions League semi-final tie with AS Roma in April.

But captain Jordan Henderson is certain that Oxlade-Chamberlain has the mental and physical capabilities to pick up where he left off once he is fit again.

“That was disappointing for us as a team because Ox has been brilliant all season,” Henderson says of his teammate's setback on LFC’s official 2017-18 end-of-season DVD.

“He’s came in and I think he’s put in some brilliant performances and you can see how the fans have took to him straight away.