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Liverpool's defensive crisis deepens as Jurgen Klopp confirms Joel Matip sustained ankle ligament damage in win over Tottenham... leaving Reds in desperate need of a new centre back ahead of January window shutting

Liverpool may have got back on track in style with a 3-1 victory away at Tottenham, but it wasn't all good news for Jurgen Klopp on Thursday after yet another injury in defence to Joel Matip.

Injury-prone Matip was forced off at half-time during Liverpool's emphatic win on Thursday, in which he was replaced by Nathaniel Phillips as the Reds ended their five-game unbeaten run in the Premier League.

And following the final whistle, Klopp confirmed that Matip had sustained ankle ligament damage at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, leaving Liverpool in a defensive crisis once again.