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<\/p>\nPep Lijnders issued a Ryan Gravenberch injury update ahead of the Carabao Cup quarter-final clash with West Ham<\/p>\n
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Alexis Mac Allister will miss Liverpool\u2019s top-of-the-table clash with Arsenal and the World Cup winner is in a race against time to be fit for the New Year\u2019s Day game against Newcastle.<\/p>\n
But Jurgen Klopp received a double injury boost as scans showed Ryan Gravenberch did not sustain a hamstring injury in Sunday\u2019s draw with Manchester United while Diogo Jota could soon make his comeback.<\/p>\n
Mac Allister has missed Liverpool\u2019s last three games and assistant manager Pep Lijnders said: \u201cIt will go into the New Year but we play the first of January so we will see. Alexis is progressing well, he doesn\u2019t have pain anymore, which is a good thing. It was worse than we first thought, but he is progressing well, no pain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gravenberch might not be involved in Wednesday\u2019s Carabao Cup quarter-final against West Ham but will be available soon.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is good, it is not often you send a player to the scan and it comes back with nothing,\u201d Lijnders added. \u201cOnly that he is extra fatigued. There is no muscle tear. He can train later today and we will judge it. I can\u2019t see why he won\u2019t be available for the next weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Forward Jota has been out since the 1-1 draw with Manchester City but Lijnders expects that the Portugal international will soon be in contention again.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is doing ball work outside so he is getting better and better but always with the hamstrings you want to give it two or three days more but he is close,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
However, teenage winger Ben Doak will require surgery on a torn meniscus and will be out for a while.<\/p>\n
Striker Darwin Nunez has not scored in his last 10 games but Lijnders believes he is performing better than he did in his first year at Anfield.<\/p>\n
He explained: \u201cDarwin is full of desire, you see that in each game and if you only judge players on goals, that would be so unfair. Darwin is playing a much better season that last year, the way he defends, He helps us a lot when we are deep and we can play with him as a reference. This guy is full of fire and that is what our stadium likes.\u201d<\/p>\n