{"id":392320,"date":"2026-04-14T22:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/392320\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T22:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:47:09","slug":"hugo-ekitike-injury-news-liverpool-star-stretched-off-after-non-contact-collapse-vs-psg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/392320\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugo Ekitike injury news: Liverpool star stretched off after non-contact collapse vs PSG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool forward Hugo Ekitike was stretchered off at Anfield on Tuesday after going down with a non-contact injury in the 28th minute of the Reds\u2019 UEFA Champions League quarterfinal clash with PSG.<\/p>\n<p>RECAP \u2014 <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/liverpool-vs-psg-champions-league-live-updates-score-highlights-stats-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Liverpool 0-2 (0-4 agg.) PSG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ekitike started to make a run off the ball as Liverpool took a throw-in, but the Frenchman collapsed to the ground in front of his defender and stayed down.<\/p>\n<p>Arne Slot, on Hugo Ekitike\u2019s injury: \u201cWe could all see it didn\u2019t look good\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot too good. We could all see it didn\u2019t look good. Let\u2019s wait and see what it will be. In the second half, he went home and I haven\u2019t seen him yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs it seems to be, losing a player is something we have had many times this season but it is especially hard for him because you never want to be injured, especially at this time of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ekitike received medical treatment on the field and a stretcher was quickly brought out. The 23-year-old looked to be in considerable pain as he lay on the ground, clutching his lower right leg. He is now a serious doubt for this summer\u2019s World Cup after breaking into France\u2019s squad the last two seasons.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Worrying moments for Liverpool as Hugo Ekitike goes down with no-one close to him.<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed Salah comes on to replace the French International \ud83d\udd04 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6N5ANwS0Ou\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/6N5ANwS0Ou<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS Sports Golazo \u26bd\ufe0f (@CBSSportsGolazo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSSportsGolazo\/status\/2044139911423422826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mohamed Salah came off the bench to replace Ekitike. Slot elected to start Alexander Isak for the first time since he broke his leg in December and said before the game that the Swede would only be able to play 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahima Konate: \u201cI send [Ekitike] my prayers\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is bad. I don\u2019t know, I have heard many things, I have no word to talk about that because with the World Cup coming it is very, very hard for him and I send him my prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool forward Hugo Ekitike was stretchered off at Anfield on Tuesday after going down with a non-contact injury&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-392320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}