Alexander Isak is set to undergo a scan to assess the injury he sustained in Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur, according to The Athletic.
The 26-year-old made an immediate impact after coming on at half-time, scoring the opener just 11 minutes later.
However, the £125m summer signing was forced off after a sliding challenge from Micky van de Ven, requiring assistance from medical staff.
Head coach Arne Slot admitted Liverpool now face an anxious wait over the suspected lower-leg injury.
“I don’t have any news on him but if a player scores, gets injured and doesn’t come back on the pitch or doesn’t try to come back, it’s usually not a good thing,” Slot said.
“I cannot say anything more than that. That is just a gut feeling and nothing more than that. Nothing medical to say about it.
“I haven’t spoken to him about it yet but it’s a good thing he scored — a good goal assisted by Florian Wirtz.
“Let’s not be too negative yet. We don’t know yet. Let’s hope Alex is back with us soon but it is difficult to say.”
The win also came at a cost elsewhere. Conor Bradley was substituted at half-time after a collision with Djed Spence, while Florian Wirtz limped off late on, though Liverpool believe the German was only suffering from cramp.
Dominik Szoboszlai picked up his fifth yellow card of the season and will miss the home clash against Wolves on December 27.
Jeremie Frimpong, who replaced Isak, was later withdrawn in stoppage time, with Slot confirming it was a tactical change as Federico Chiesa was introduced.
Liverpool held on to win against nine men following red cards for Xavi Simons and Cristian Romero.
“With Jeremie there is no problem at all,” Slot added. “I didn’t want to go down to 10 men for 30 seconds. This is the only country where players have to go off for 30 seconds if they’re injured. I adapted to that.
“I knew there wasn’t long to play and thought we struggled a lot. Playing 10 v 10 for half a minute with him being on the floor, I just went with Federico so no problem with him.
“With Alex and Conor, we have to wait. You could see our bench today but we are not the only team in this period picking up injuries because we play so many games.”
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