ゴメスも長期離脱へ　リバプール、守備の危機深まる

【ロンドンＡＦＰ＝時事】イングランド・プレミアリーグのリバプールは12日、代表合宿中に負傷したDFジョー・ゴメスが手術を受け、長期離脱になる見通しであると発表した。リバプールの守備面の危機は深刻さを増し、ユルゲン・クロップ監督は難しい対応を迫られている。（写真はイングランド・プレミアリーグ、リバプールのジョー・ゴメス）
　イングランド代表に招集されていたゴメスは、１１日の練習中に左膝の腱（けん）を痛めていた。
　リバプールでは前月、膝の靱帯（じんたい）を損傷したビルヒル・ファン・ダイクが手術しており、ゴメスのけがもそれに近いのではないかと懸念されたが、靱帯は痛めていないことがリバプールから確認された。
　リバプールは発表文の中で「ジョー・ゴメスの左膝の腱を修復する手術が本日行われ、成功した」と記し、「復帰時期は未定だが、このけがにより同選手は２０２０ー２１シーズン残りの大部分を欠場する可能性が高い」と続けた。
　２３歳のゴメスがファン・ダイクやファビーニョに続き故障者リストに名を連ねたことで、リバプールの万全な状態のＣＢは、ユース選手を除くとジョエル・マティプのみとなった。
　ゴメスは２０１５年に前十字靱帯の故障で約１シーズンを棒に振るなど、これまでけがに悩まされてきた。２０１８年３月に行われたオランダとの国際親善試合でも足首を負傷し、同年には脚も骨折している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/11/13-13:06）

Liverpool defender Joe Gomez faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after undergoing knee surgery on Thursday, leaving manager Jurgen Klopp grappling with a deepening defensive crisis.
The centre-back damaged a tendon in his left knee on Wednesday during an England training session.
There were fears that the injury was similar to that suffered last month by Virgil van Dijk, who required surgery for knee ligament damage, but Liverpool have confirmed Gomez did not suffer ligament damage.
Liverpool Football Club can confirm Joe Gomez has today undergone successful surgery to repair a tendon in his left knee, the Premier League club said in a statement.
The club said the issue was restricted to Gomez?s tendon.
No timescale is being placed upon his return, though the issue is likely to rule him out for a significant part of the remainder of 2020/21, the club added.
Gomez, 23, joins team-mates Van Dijk and Fabinho on the sidelines, leaving Joel Matip as the only fit senior centre-back on Liverpool's books.
The injury to Gomez will only increase manager Jurgen Klopp's anger at the high number of matches that his squad are being forced to play in a crowded schedule caused by the late start to the season because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Premier League champions also have concerns over right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold, who was forced off during Sunday's 1-1 draw at Manchester City on Sunday with a calf problem and withdrawn from England duty.
England boss Gareth Southgate said he was worried when he witnessed the Gomez incident.
What was upsetting was to see he was in a fair bit of pain and the fact was there was nobody around him when the injury happened, so I didn't like that element of it, he said on Wednesday.
So, as I say, my immediate thoughts are with him because he's had some difficulties with injury in the past.
Gomez's career has been blighted by injuries, including a season-ending anterior cruciate ligament injury in 2015.
He injured his ankle representing England in a friendly against the Netherlands in March 2018 before breaking his leg later that year.