Wijnaldum a major doubt for Red’s United clash

Georginio Wijnaldum is expected to discover today the full extent of the hamstring injury that has left him a major doubt for Liverpool’s match against Manchester United on Monday.
The midfielder limped out of Holland’s World Cup qualifying defeat by France in Amsterdam on Monday with a problem in his right hamstring.
He will be assessed by the club’s medical department upon his return to Melwood before being sent for a scan, but is already considered doubtful for the Premier League encounter with United at Anfield.
Wijnaldum has been ever-present for Jurgen Klopp’s team in the Premier League this season and settled impressively in central midfield following his £25mn summer transfer from Newcastle United.
Emre Can would be in line to make his first league start of the campaign should the 25-year-old fail to recover in time for the visit of José Mourinho’s side, and Klopp also has fitness concerns over Adam Lallana before finalising his midfield plans.
The in-form Lallana suffered a groin injury in the win at Swansea City that forced him to miss England’s World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovenia. He has been receiving intensive treatment at Melwood during the international break in a bid to be fit for United but needs monitoring on a daily basis. Dejan Lovren and Nathaniel Clyne also suffered injuries at Swansea but will be fit for Monday.

De Bruyne has chance of playing for Manchester City against Everton
Kevin De Bruyne has an outside chance of being available for Manchester City’s league meeting with Everton on Saturday, with his injured hamstring healing quicker than expected.
The Belgian forward will undergo a late fitness test ahead of the visit of Ronald Koeman’s side to the Etihad Stadium and he could also be fit for the trip to Barcelona on Wednesday next week for City’s third Champions League group match of the season. De Bruyne’s recovery is so encouraging that he was able to take a break last weekend in Marbella.
The Belgian, 25, sustained the injury towards the end of City’s 3-1 victory at Swansea City on 24 September, with Pep Guardiola hailing the player as second in class only to Lionel Messi. De Bruyne’s importance to the team is underlined by City’s fortunes in the two matches they have played in his enforced absence – the 3-3 draw with Celtic, which ended their consecutive run of wins at 10, and the first defeat of the season, at Tottenham Hotspur.
Guardiola is determined that City bounce back from that reverse when they host Everton at the weekend, with his side’s lead in the Premier League having been cut to one point from Tottenham and two from Arsenal and Liverpool.