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Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp Discusses 'Serious' Injury for James Milner vs. Everton

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Jurgen Klopp offered a bleak assessment of the injury James Milner suffered during Sunday's 1-0 win over Everton in the third round of the 2020 FA Cup on Sunday.

Milner left the Merseyside derby after just eight minutes at Anfield. Klopp discussed what had happened, per James Carroll of the club's official website: "[Milner] has pain, that says it’s serious. It's [his] muscle."

As well as updating Milner's status, Klopp also defended his reshuffled team selection for cup duty: "Two players started the last game and one of them got injured, so that’s the situation we are in.