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Liverpool 'receive boost with Fabinho's hamstring injury not as bad as first feared after concerns he could have been out for SIX MONTHS'... and Jurgen Klopp could now hand Premier League debut to Nat Phillips against West Ham

Jurgen Klopp has received a much-needed boost with the reported news that Fabinho's hamstring injury suffered on Tuesday is not as severe as first feared.

The Liverpool makeshift centre-half was forced from the pitch after half-an-hour in the Reds' win against Midtjylland, worsening an already serious defensive injury crisis after Virgil van Dijk's long-term ACL injury.

But concerns amongst the Liverpool staff that the Brazilian had suffered a grade-three tear, which could keep him out up for up to six months, were eased after a scan on Wednesday showed a grade-one or grade-two tear, according to The Mirror.