Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren misses Leicester clash with gruesome facial injury

Dejan Lovren suffered a gruesome black eye in training on Friday which ruled him out of Liverpool's clash with Leicester.

Liverpool confirmed the news via the club's official Twitter account.

A tweet said: "Dejan Lovren misses out for LFC today after sustaining a knock to the head in training on Friday. The defender did not suffer a concussion."

Lovren shared a picture of the injury on Instagram as he prepared to travel to Anfield to watch the teatime kick-off from the stands.

He wrote: "Bad luck yesterday in training. Hopefully the swelling will go away quickly... lets go now to support the team... come on reds #YNWA."

Jurgen Klopp named Lucas Leiva instead of Lovren in his team for the visit of the Foxes

Liverpool: Mignolet; Clyne, Matip, Lucas, Milner; Wijnaldum, Henderson; Lallana, Mane, Firmino; Sturridge

Subs: Karius, Klavan, Moreno, Stewart, Grujic, Coutinho, Origi

Leicester: Schmeichel; Simpson, Huth, Morgan, Fuchs; Mahrez, Drinkwater, Amartey, Albrighton; Okazaki, Vardy

Subs: Hernandez, Chilwell, Musa, King, Zieler, Gray, Ulloa

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