{"id":299880,"date":"2023-12-20T01:25:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T01:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=299880"},"modified":"2023-12-20T01:25:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T01:25:31","slug":"liverpool-starlet-ben-doak-to-undergo-knee-surgery-on-torn-meniscus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/liverpool-starlet-ben-doak-to-undergo-knee-surgery-on-torn-meniscus\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool starlet Ben Doak to undergo knee surgery on torn meniscus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Liverpool starlet Ben Doak faces lengthy spell on the sidelines after tearing his meniscus &#8211; but 18-year-old is backed to &#8216;come back stronger&#8217; after knee surgery<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jurgen Klopp has been left impressed by Liverpool starlet Ben Doak this season<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He limped off in an Under-21 game against Chelsea and will now have surgery<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Where is Liverpool&#8217;s Declan Rice? If Jordan Henderson hadn&#8217;t taken the Saudi cash, he&#8217;d be in Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s team &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Liverpool wonderkid Ben Doak is set for an extended period on the sidelines after it was confirmed he needs surgery on a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>The teenage Scottish winger limped off in an Under-21s fixture against Chelsea last weekend, putting the brakes on what has been stellar progress since he arrived at Anfield from Celtic in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Doak, 18, has made four starts for Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s first team this season and has earned rave reviews.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool assistant boss Pep Lijnders revealed on Tuesday that Doak now requires surgery &#8211; and backed him to return stronger than ever.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/23\/79151387-12883427-image-a-50_1703029067219.jpg\" height=\"561\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/23\/79151359-12883427-image-m-49_1703029064479.jpg\" height=\"561\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp (right) will be without teenager Ben Doak (left) after the 18-year-old was booked in for knee surgery having torn his lateral meniscus in an Under-21 match against Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That&#8217;s not a good one,&#8217; said Lijnders. &#8216;He tore his lateral meniscus, which needs surgery. That one will take a longer time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He is young, he is a fit guy, he is a positive guy. So, for sure, he will come back stronger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We need him to come back with the same fire he has with the ball, how he was. We will wait for him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Doak signed a new long-term deal with Liverpool in September and has featured regularly throughout their Europa League campaign, but Euro 2024 with Scotland is now on the backburner.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12883427\/Liverpool-starlet-Ben-Doak-tearing-meniscus-knee-surgery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool starlet Ben Doak faces lengthy spell on the sidelines after tearing his meniscus &#8211; but 18-year-old is backed to &#8216;come back stronger&#8217; after knee surgery Jurgen Klopp has been left impressed by Liverpool starlet Ben Doak this season He limped off in an Under-21 game against Chelsea and will now have surgery Where is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Liverpool starlet Ben Doak to undergo knee surgery on torn meniscus - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/liverpool-starlet-ben-doak-to-undergo-knee-surgery-on-torn-meniscus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liverpool starlet Ben Doak to undergo knee surgery on torn meniscus - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Liverpool starlet Ben Doak faces lengthy spell on the sidelines after tearing his meniscus &#8211; 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