Arsenal star Bukayo Saka has shown his true colours by issuing an apology to Kostas Tsimikas after the Liverpool star broke his collarbone during a nasty collision at Anfield. The Greek defender was pushed into Jurgen Klopp by Saka and went tumbling to the ground.
Tsimikas was unable to continue, with Joe Gomez coming on in his place with just 33 minutes on the clock. After the 1-1 draw, Saka insisted there was no intent there and sent an apology to his rival. “I heard he has gone to hospital so obviously I want to apologise to him, I didn’t mean it of course,” Saka said.
“For me it was a 50/50 and I have gone shoulder to shoulder with him. I didn’t see it but he must have taken a bad fall, I didn’t see him go into Jurgen Klopp either. I was focused on running forward because I didn’t think it was a foul. That’s my take on it.”
Tsimikas’ injury is the latest setback for the Reds and leaves Klopp desperately short in the left-back position with Andy Robertson also sidelined. “It was massively overshadowed by Kostas Tsimikas collarbone issue, definitely broken, so he is out for a long time,” Klopp said. “The other issues we will have to see. It is hard for us to swallow with the Robbo [Andy Robertson] situation.”
To add to Liverpool’s woes, Luis Diaz also suffered a scare and Klopp is unsure if the winger will be fit to face Burnley on Boxing Day.
He said: “I hope not. He has pain, it was knee on knee and in that moment we wanted to change twice and then Lucho was down.
“And actually we first wanted to wait if maybe Lucho has to come off but then we decided [to] change all three because now we don’t have to wait how Lucho is and that’s what we did then.
“Lucho told me ‘little pain’, physios were not too concerned, but you never know and we play in three days and you never know how quick the turnaround is, so we have to see. I don’t know.”
