Vinicius Jr injured before Liverpool clash

Abdullateef Fowewe

Real Madrid winger, Vinicius Jr will miss the upcoming Champions League match against Liverpool due to a hamstring injury.

Vinicius Jr played the whole of Real Madrid’s 3-0 La Liga win against Leganes on Sunday.

Madrid, who are 18th in the 36-team Champions League table, travel to Anfield on Wednesday to face Liverpool.

The setback was confirmed in a statement on Monday by Real Madrid, reading “an injury to the biceps femoris in his left leg”.

It was gathered that Vini could be sidelined for around three weeks but Madrid are not commenting on the severity of the injury.

Reacting to Madrid’s statement on X (formally Twitter) Vinicius Jr wrote, “Crazy calendar. Time to recover.”

Liverpool are unlikely to be able to call on defender Trent Alexander-Arnold for the visit of the 15-time European Cup winners to Anfield.

The England right-back missed Sunday’s 3-2 win at Southampton with a hamstring injury sustained before the international break.