Soccer-Liverpool's Van Dijk set to be sidelined for over a month - Klopp

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(Reuters) - Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk will be sidelined for over a month due to a muscle injury, manager Juergen Klopp said on Friday.

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Netherlands captain Van Dijk was taken off at halftime in a 3-1 defeat at Brentford on Monday as part of a triple-change by Klopp.

"Virgil was a surprise for us and a big blow. He didn't feel a lot," Klopp told reporters, speaking ahead of Liverpool's FA Cup third-round tie against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday. "The diagnosis was pretty harsh. We're talking about weeks, more than a month, but I hope it goes quick. It's hard for him, but he has played an incredible amount of games in recent years."Article type: free

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