Jurgen Klopp admits 29-year-old Liverpool player has been upset in training recently

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has given a relatively positive injury update on Andy Robertson.

Robertson has been missing since October, having dislocated his shoulder whilst on international duty with Scotland.

In the months in-between, Kostas Tsimikas has slowly morphed into a decent enough impression of the 29-year-old. But Liverpool still miss their regular left-back.

Now, speaking to the press ahead of the Reds game against Arsenal tomorrow, Klopp was asked about how Robertson is getting on in his recovery.

“Andy is doing well, the shoulder is not exactly there, the rest of the body is fine but we need to be patient a little bit longer,” said the Liverpool manager.

“But he’s fine, he can do all the physical work already which annoys him quite a lot because he’s not allowed for ball training! When he’s ready to go, allowed to go, I think it’s a short time until he will be back. We all hope it will be January but we don’t know.”

Robertson frustrated with injury

You can really understand Robbo’s frustration here. Unlike with a muscle injury, the defender is technically able to do everything he usually can with a ball at his feet.

But with physical contact not allowed with the recovery, he’s not able to join in with his teammates.

It’s a slightly strange situation for Robertson, who has barely been injured during his previous six years with the club.

Usually one of the biggest voices and personalities around the dressing room, you can imagine he’s missing being with the team.

Nevertheless, January will soon roll around. There’s still plenty of football left to play this season and Robertson can still play a big part.

Until then, it has to be said that Tsimikas has really started to show up.

Having really struggled initially, Kostas has begun to once again resemble the dependable left-back we saw over the last couple of years.

Once he returns, it’s still very likely that Robertson will return to being Klopp’s first-choice pick. But Tsimikas deserves credit for stepping in, too. Not too much longer, Robbo. Keep at it!