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📻 IMPORTANT AUCKLAND UPDATE 📻
Injury rules our Liverpool defender for the season
PA •  January 12th, 2026 7:44 am
Liverpool's Conor Bradley was injured during their recent Premier League draw with Arsenal | Photo: AP
Defender Conor Bradley is set to undergo surgery on a serious knee injury which will rule him out of the rest of Liverpool's season.
While the Northern Ireland international has not sustained an ACL injury, there is damage to the bone and ligaments in his left knee.
The right-back, who was carried off late in Friday's (NZ time) goalless draw at English Premier League leaders Arsenal, will have an operation in the coming days which will rule him out of the remainder of the domestic campaign.
He will also face a race to recover in time for this year's World Cup, should Northern Ireland qualify through the play-offs.
Liverpool said Bradley had "sustained a significant knee injury", adding in a statement: "No timeframe is being placed on his return to playing at this stage of the process."
Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli apologised for shoving Bradley off the pitch as he lay on the turf in the closing stages of the match at the Emirates.
Bradley had made 21 appearances this season, having missed a number of matches with a hamstring problem.
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