Gareth Taylor confirms "severe" Liverpool Women injury blow before Manchester United showdown

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But as Gareth Taylor prepares his side for Saturday’s journey, the optimism generated by an impressive run of form has been heavily tempered by a significant piece of bad news behind the scenes.There was a moment during Liverpool’s frantic 4-3 League Cup win at Birmingham City on Wednesday night where the celebration felt muted. It is a devastating blow for a forward who had only just started to make Merseyside her home following her summer move from Freiburg, having already popped up with crucial goals including that sharp equaliser in 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur.Speaking ahead of Saturday's trip to Leigh to face Manchester United, head coach Gareth Taylor did not hide the seriousness of the situation."It's an unfortunate one, a severe injury.

It's an Achilles," Taylor confirmed. "She was due to see the specialist earlier today so we will get a little bit of an idea after that, but probably going to be surgery and she’s going to be out for a substantial period of time."Which will be a shame because we're not blessed in forward areas to be able to—especially now we're not in a transfer window, it's made us short in that sense.

She's not going to be ready for a few weeks," Taylor added.With Lucy Parry and Mari Ward also ruled out until after the upcoming international window, Liverpool’s depth is being tested to its absolute limits.It isn't all grim news on the personnel front, however. Yet, with their frontline depleted in the blink of an eye, Taylor's tactical versatility will be put to the ultimate test before the international break arrives.Add us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow