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title: "Liverpool: Reds duo set to miss Real Madrid clash"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-reds-duo-set-to-miss-real-madrid-clash/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Henry Jackson"
section: "Liverpool Football Club"
published: "2021-04-14T14:05:11Z"
modified: "2021-04-14T14:05:11Z"
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# Liverpool: Reds duo set to miss Real Madrid clash

**Liverpool duo Curtis Jones and Divock Origi will miss the Reds’ vital Champions League clash with Real Madrid through injury.**

Jurgen Klopp’s men face one of their biggest games of the season on Wednesday night, as Madrid make the trip to Anfield.

The Spanish giants won 3-1 in last week’s quarter-final first leg clash, on a night when Liverpool were hugely disappointing throughout.

Another special Anfield night in Europe is required, but this time, the Reds will have to do it without supporters roaring them on.

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### Jones and Origi out of Real Madrid clash

Liverpool’s [injury problems](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-liverpool/sperrenundverletzungen/verein/31) may have been easing in recent weeks, apart from at centre-back, but they will have to make do without Jones and Origi at Anfield, according to the [*Mirror*](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-real-madrid-team-news-23907209).

The news emerged on Tuesday that neither player was spotted in training at Kirkby, suggesting they will play no part in proceedings against Madrid.

### Transfer Tavern take

Jones may not have started the first leg, but his creativity is a loss, with the 20-year-old capable of opening up defences with a moment of magic.

His tally of [four goals](https://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Goalscorers/130) for the season is more than any of Liverpool’s other midfielders, too, highlighting the guile he possesses in the final third. With some of the forwards struggling this term, losing a goal threat from midfield will certainly hurt.

Meanwhile, Origi’s ability to produce huge moments in Europe was evident against Barcelona and Tottenham in 2018/19, so his impact as a substitute could also be missed on the type of night when cult heroes such as Origi are born.

***In other news, some Liverpool fans have bemoaned an update on the future of two Reds midfielders. Read more [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league/liverpool-fans-bemoan-update-on-naby-keita-and-alex-oxlade-chamberlain/).***