The Cameroon centre-back, who is indispensable for the German coach, had not 100% recovered from his injury and returning to the pitch too early came back to bite him. Although he seemed to have overcome his knee problems, bad luck has followed him.
Matip was out of action from the 28th September until the 20th October, when he returned to play against Manchester United, He played the full 90 minutes against the 'Red Devils', but then, later on the problems arose.
The discomfort returned and Matip, examined by the doctors, will have to spend even more time out of the Liverpool squad. 'London Evening Standard' state that his recovery process will take around six weeks!