Gomez won’t be fit for Liverpool’s Champions League clash with Bayern

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has revealed Joe Gomez will not be fit for several more weeks and has already been ruled out of the Champions League last-16 tie with Bayern Munich.

The defender sustained a fractured leg in the game at Burnley on December 5 and was initially likely to be out for six weeks.

However, the England international suffered a setback in his recovery and, having already missed 11 matches, he is not going to be ready for the visit of the German champions on February 19.

The defender sustained a fractured leg in the game at Burnley on December 5

Klopp says Gomez is already been ruled out of the Champions League tie with Bayern Munich

‘No, not a realistic target, after that, any time,’ said the Reds boss when asked about Gomez’s possible return.

Klopp also ruled Trent Alexander-Arnold out of Monday’s trip to West Ham as the full-back has not yet recovered from a knee injury.

He also dismissed accusations of gamesmanship after ground staff, at half-time, only cleared snow from the penalty area Liverpool were attacking in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with Leicester.

Klopp also dismissed accusations of gamesmanship via ground staff in the draw with Leicester

‘The first half we had 80 per cent of the ball so only one team suffered and it was us,’ he said. ‘It was clear that our ground staff tried to clear it but they didn’t have enough manpower.

‘They realised how difficult it was when they started doing it, not before. There was no plan, nobody told them, I can swear, to clear only our side or our box.

‘I hear people say it’s unsporting, but it’s an advantage if their box is clear then it’s better to defend.

‘It’s no coincidence that in the first half we scored a goal in a box that was full of snow. That’s how it is, we cannot change it.’