Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior to miss Liverpool clash with leg injury | Vinicius Junior

Vinícius Júnior will miss Real Madrid’s Champions League game at Liverpool on Wednesday after picking up a leg muscle injury in Sunday’s 3-0 La Liga win at Leganés, the Spanish club have said.

Sources close to the player said Vinícius is expected to be sidelined for three to four weeks. That means he could miss up to seven games before the winter break.

A club statement said: “Following tests carried out today on our player Vini Jr by the Real Madrid medical service, he has been diagnosed with an injury to the biceps femoris in his left leg.”

Vinícius is the latest to join the club’s long injury list, which includes key players such as Rodrygo, Éder Militão, Dani Carvajal, Lucas Vázquez, Aurélien Tchouaméni and David Alaba.

Real are second in La Liga, four points behind Barcelona, ​​who drew 2-2 with Celta Vigo on Saturday with a game to spare. After two defeats in their last three Champions League games, Carlo Ancelotti’s side could be in trouble with a poor result at Anfield. They are 18th in the 36-team table with six points from four games.