7 Liverpool first-team stars set to miss Premier League clash against Brighton as injury crisis worsens for Jurgen Klopp

Liverpool are reportedly set to be without up to seven first-team players for their Premier League clash against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday (January 14).

The Reds will visit the AMEX in a crucial league clash. However, they could be going into the game against the Seagulls, who have won three of their last four games across competitions, severely underhanded.

According to SussexLive, manager Jurgen Klopp could be without multiple players. Virgil van Dijk and Darwin Nunez were the latest additions to an injury list already comprising Luis Diaz, Arthur Melo, Diogo Jota, Roberto Firmino and James Milner.

The report detailed that Nunez has missed multiple training sessions due to an unspecified injury and is in danger of missing the Brighton game. Meanwhile, Van Dijk sustained a hamstring injury during Liverpool's 3-1 loss to Brentford in the league earlier this month and is expected to miss a few weeks.

Diaz hasn't featured for the Reds since October due to a knee problem. Arthur, who arrived on loan from Juventus in the summer, made his club debut in a 4-1 UEFA Champions League defeat to Napoli in September. He has been out since then due to a thigh injury that required surgery.

Jota picked up a calf injury in October and hasn't played since then, with the Portuguese forward targeting a return early next month. Firmino, meanwhile, has missed the Reds' last five games since the conclusion of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar with a reported calf injury.

Lastly, Milner, who is in the final year of his contract with Liverpool, has been sidelined for the club's last four games due to a hamstring problem. He, like the six aforementioned players, is also likely to miss the Brighton clash.

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How have the 7 players on Liverpool's injury list fared this season?

Liverpool have missed multiple players due to injury for most of the season. However, Virgil van Dijk and Darwin Nunez have consistently featured in their starting XI, making them arguably the biggest absentees in Saturday's game.

Nunez, despite enduring a difficult start to life at Anfield, has managed ten goals in 23 appearances across competitions this term. Van Dijk, meanwhile, has played 24 times this season as part of a porous defence that has kept just seven clean sheets.

Roberto Firmino started the campaign well, scoring six times in his first seven Premier League games but cooled off. He has nine goals and four assists in 21 games across competitions.

Milner is the next most-used player in Liverpool's injury list, featuring 20 times across competitions. Diaz, meanwhile, started the campaign as a fixture in the XI, registering four goals and three assists in 12 games. However, he has now been on the sideline for nearly four months.

Arthur Melo, as mentioned previously, has played just once since arriving at Anfield, notching up 13 minutes of action as a substitute. Jota, meanwhile, played eight times across competitions before his calf injury, registering five assists.