There’s a crash on the sidelines!
Seriously injured! Jürgen Klopp cleared by his own player
Kostas Tsimikas clears Jürgen Klopp.
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Serious crash!
Ouch! During his Liverpool FC game against Arsenal FC on Saturday evening, coach Jürgen Klopp was cleared on the sidelines – by his own player. A crash with dire consequences.
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Liverpool’s Tsimikas breaks collarbone in collision with Klopp
After a good half hour, Reds defender Kostas Tsimikas (27) had a running duel with Bukayo Saka (22). The Greek was pushed away by the Arsenal professional with full physical effort – and fell.
Klopp could no longer dodge, and as he fell, Tsimikas crashed into his coach and knocked him off his feet. While the scene had no consequences for his coach, the 27-year-old had to be treated first. A little later he was forced off with a shoulder injury.
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The bitter diagnosis: “The collarbone is definitely broken”said Klopp. Tsimikas will be out for a long time. “It’s obviously very difficult for us, it’s really difficult. “Sometimes you have injuries and we all accept them, but a broken collarbone is really bad because it just takes a long time,”
Kostas Tsimikas had to be treated after the crash.
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Klopp would like to give up his collarbone
Klopp assured him that he was doing “well,” but would like to swap places with his player: “I would like to give him my collarbone so that he can get fit again.” Of course, it wasn’t cool “if that happens right in front of you.” you have something to do with it. But Klopp wasn’t to blame: Tsimikas probably injured himself in the fall and only then did he rush into his trainer.
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The fact that he wasn’t to blame for the bad injury is probably little consolation for Klopp. (dpa/pol)