Liverpool's Caoimhin Kelleher missed out on a Premier League start against Sheffield United with an unexplained injury. Picture: Pool via REUTERS/Paul EllisStephen Kenny has been handed a fresh injury worry ahead of next month's World Cup qualifiers as goalkeeper Caoimhín Kelleher missed out on a Premier League appearance for Liverpool due to injury. 1 Alisson unavailable on compassionate grounds, following the death of his father in Brazil last week, it was expected that Cork native Kelleher would fill in and make his third Premier League appearance of the season away to Sheffield United. But the 22-year-old was not even in the matchday squad due to an unexplained injury with Adrian picked to start in goal and Jakub Ojrzynski and Liam Hughes on the bench as back-up keepers for the reigning Premier League champions. Kenny is already without John Egan and James McClean for the March double header in the World Cup.

Source: Irish Independent February 28, 2021 19:27 UTC