Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain greets fans at Anfield before tracking Dejan Lovren with own ‘player-cam’

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain greets fans on crutches at Anfield… before tracking Dejan Lovren with his own ‘player-cam’ during Croatia friendly

  • Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain greeted fans before Brazil’s friendly with Croatia
  • The injured Liverpool star sported a leg brace and crutches at Anfield on Sunday
  • ‘The Ox’ jokingly tracked Dejan Lovren’s movements during the friendly fixture
  • He and Adam Lallana watched the game from the stands as Brazil won 2-0 

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain continued his long road to recovery from his knee injury by enjoying a day out in the sun at Anfield to watch Brazil’s friendly with Croatia.

The Liverpool and England midfielder wore a black leg brace and crutches after picking up a knee ligament injury in the Champions League semi-final first leg with Roma in April.

While he continues his rehabilitation, which will see him miss this month’s World Cup finals, the 24-year-old posed for selfies and signed autographs for fans before the international friendly being held at Anfield on Sunday.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain continues his long road to recovery by enjoying a day out at Anfield

The Liverpool midfielder signed autographs and posed for selfies before the friendly fixture

The Liverpool midfielder signed autographs and posed for selfies before the friendly fixture

Oxlade-Chamberlain's Liverpool team-mate Adam Lallana also watched from the stands

Oxlade-Chamberlain’s Liverpool team-mate Adam Lallana also watched from the stands

Along with Adam Lallana, the pair sat in the stands to watch a couple of their Liverpool team-mates play in the friendly encounter. 

However, it was Croatian defender Dejan Lovren that Oxlade-Chamberlain took special exception to begin with on Sunday.

During a goalless first half, the former Arsenal man jokingly tracked Lovren’s movements on his Instagram story, giving his Croatian team-mate his own ‘player-cam’.

Oxlade-Chamberlain made sure that his 3 millions followers were able to see for a short amount of time how the 28-year-old got on against Brazil.

The 24-year-old joked that he had a 'player-cam' on Dejan Lovren on Sunday

The England international briefly tracked the defender's movements as a joke on his Instagram story

‘The Ox’ jokingly tracked Dejan Lovren’s movements during Croatia’s friendly with Brazil

The 24-year-old set up his own 'player-cam' for Lovren on his Instagram story on Sunday

The 24-year-old set up his own ‘player-cam’ for Lovren on his Instagram story on Sunday

‘The Ox’ then paid tribute to his other Liverpool team-mate involved on Sunday as Roberto Firmino came on to replace Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus.

As Anfield’s tannoy announcer read out the changes, Oxlade-Chamberlain let out a huge cheer, along with many other fans in the stadium, to show his support for the Reds striker.

Following Neymar’s superb solo effort to open the scores, Firmino made it 2-0 in the dying minutes after muscling off a defender to lift the ball over the on-rushing Danijel Subasic in goal.

Brazil face Austria in their final friendly before setting off for Russia to compete at the World Cup in under a fortnight’s time. 

Oxlade-Chamberlain filmed Liverpool team-mate Roberto Firmino come on in the second half for Gabriel Jesus

'The Ox' let out a huge cheer when Anfield's tannoy announcer read out Firmino's name

During the second half, Oxlade-Chamberlain cheers on Liverpool team-mate Roberto Firmino

The Liverpool and Brazil striker scored in injury time to make it 2-0 to Brazil on Sunday

The Liverpool and Brazil striker scored in injury time to make it 2-0 to Brazil on Sunday

Neymar (R), who scored Brazil's brilliant first, celebrates with Firmino after he doubled the lead

Neymar (R), who scored Brazil’s brilliant first, celebrates with Firmino after he doubled the lead

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