Liverpool’s 3-0 victory over Brentford not only helped “The Kop” take Chelsea’s second place in the English Premier League, but also brought joy to Japanese star Tokumi Minamino on the side of “The Kop”. However, a bad news has just come to Liverpool after this match.

Unlike when he was held 3-3 by Brentford in the sixth round of the Premier League this season on the pitch of the newly promoted opponent, last night (January 16), at Anfield, Liverpool despite the absence of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Naby Keita (attend the African Cup of Nations) but they still won “Bees” 3-0 in round 22. The scorers for the “Red Brigade” were Fabinho, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Takumi respectively. Minamino.

Japanese midfielder Takumi Minamino scored on his 27th birthday

Notably, the buffer phase to set the 3-0 scoreline that Minamino made from Roberto Firmino’s “cleaning up” pass in the 77th minute, was scored by the Japanese winger on his birthday. 27.

According to OptaJoe’s statistics, Minamino is the 5th player in history to score in a Premier League match on his birthday and the first player in 9 years to do this since the striker. Daniel Sturridge did the same thing, when he “tear” MU in September 2013 in this arena.

Despite a strong victory over Brentford to take second place from Chelsea , Liverpool also had to pay a pretty expensive price with Oxlade-Chamberlain’s injury. After the match, coach Jurgen Klopp confirmed that the former Arsenal player had flipped his ankle. The England midfielder will be tested today to determine the severity of the injury.

“Unfortunately, Oxlade-Chamberlain flipped his ankle. I hope his condition is not serious. This is the black mark in this game. He played really well in today’s match. I still The exact extent of his injury is unknown, so it is impossible to say more at this time.”

“We will know more tomorrow. This is the life of a footballer, no one has done anything wrong. Wait and see, we know nothing more about Oxlade-Chamberlain’s condition at the moment. , ” said the German military leader.

Oxlade-Chamberlain injured his ankle shortly after heading for “The Kop”

If Oxlade-Chamberlain is seriously injured, this is a big loss for Liverpool. Because, the Merseyside red shirt team currently does not have the best force, especially in attack because of injury and CAN 2021 (Mane and Salah).

Since the beginning of the season, Oxlade-Chamberlain has made 25 appearances in all competitions. However, the English midfielder mostly came on from the bench. In 25 appearances this season for Liverpool, the former Arsenal man has scored 2 goals and provided 2 assists.

Worrying more about Liverpool when they will have to march to the Emirates Stadium as Arsenal’s guest in the semi-final second leg of the League Cup at 2:45 am on the morning of January 21 (Vietnam time) and only 2 days. After that, “The Kop” had to play Crystal Palace in the 23rd round of the Premier League.

If Oxlade-Chamberlain does not recover from an ankle injury in time, coach Jurgen Klopp will find it even more difficult to arrange Liverpool’s crumbling squad. In the semi-final first leg of the League Cup this season on January 14, despite playing early after the red card of Granit Xhaka on Arsenal’s side, the Anfield team was still held 0-0 by the opponent.