Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has played down fears of a left-back crisis after Kostas Tsimikas joined Andy Robertson on the injured list.
The injury to Tsimikas leaves utility man Joe Gomez, the central defender who has been filling in at right-back to give Trent Alexander-Arnold a break, as Klopp's only realistic senior option.
"Can Joe play all the games now until I don't know when? I don't know, we'll have to see," said Klopp.
"Robbo will be back (next month) and Kostas will be definitely out for a long while. I didn't have time to think it through yet, but it is really tough for us now.
"You have injuries sometimes and you have to accept all of them, but a broken collarbone is really bad because it takes so long to heal.
"Robbo had a different injury, but it takes a long time to recover as well. We all know we need luck in these moments and now we have to just make sure we put Joey in cotton wool and make sure he is ready for the game."
