da dobrowin： Liverpool endured a nightmare spell against Brentford on Saturday which saw both Diogo Jota and Curtis Jones forced off to add to their injury woes.

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Alisson & Alexander-Arnold already sidelinedJones injured after awkward landingSalah returns as Jota stretched offGetty ImagesWHAT HAPPENED?

Jones lasted just over half an hour before landing awkwardly, with Ryan Gravenberch brought on in his place. Jota then made a vital contribution to set up Darwin Nunez for a fine finish to put Liverpool 1-0 up. But he was crunched minutes later by a combination of team-mate Alexis Mac Allister and Brentford's Christian Norgaard and stayed down after a worrying-looking knee injury. The Liverpool forward had to be stretchered off as Salah made an unexpectedly early introduction at the Gtech Community Stadium.

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The double injury is a hammer blow for Jurgen Klopp. Liverpool are already without Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson, Thiago Alcantara and Dominik Szoboszlai, among others, and would likely have been planning not to re-introduce Salah so early on Saturday. Klopp now faces an anxious wait on Jota's condition – as that knock looked particularly serious – as he enters an injury crisis at the worst possible moment of the campaign.

WHAT DID KLOPP SAY AFTER THE MATCH?

Speaking at full-time of Liverpool's 4-1 win over Brentford, Klopp said on the injuries: "Mixed emotions because we lost players, which we don't know how serious they are. It doesn't look great for either of them (Jota and Jones)."

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Jota has already spent a month out injured this season with a muscle problem – missing eight games for Liverpool – and only returned to action in late December. Camera shots from within the tunnel area of the Gtech Community Stadium later showed the Portuguese worryingly struggling to walk, where a serious injury would be a nightmare blow for the Reds.