(Reuters) - Liverpool central defender Joel Matip will probably miss the rest of the season due to a thigh injury, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. The Cameroon international sustained the problem in Saturday's 2-1 Premier League victory over Crystal Palace and will definitely miss the Champions League quarter-final against Manchester City. "The operation is likely to end the 26-year-old's involvement in the remainder of the 2017-18 season." Liverpool host Manchester City at Anfield in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday, three days before facing local rivals Everton in the league. (Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)

Source: The Star April 03, 2018 12:22 UTC