{"id":401776,"date":"2026-01-11T21:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T21:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/401776\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T21:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T21:42:20","slug":"liverpools-conor-bradley-out-for-season-with-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/401776\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool&#8217;s Conor Bradley out for season with knee injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768167739_697_lindop_beth.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Beth LindopJan 11, 2026, 12:31 PM<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a>Based in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN&#8217;s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.<a class=\"btn-social icon-font-before icon-twitter-solid-before horizontal\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/user?screen_name=beth_lindop\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow on X<\/a><a data-behavior=\"copy_link\" data-social-tool=\"copy\" href=\"#\" data-social-type=\"content\" class=\"share-popup-link icon-font-before icon-chain-solid-before reactions-copy-link copy-link\" aria-label=\"Copy Link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768167740_790_check.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80.png\" alt=\"Copy Link\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><a data-social-tool=\"email\" href=\"https:\/\/global.espn.com\/football\/story\/_\/id\/47579359\/mailto:?subject=Liverpool%27s%20Conor%20Bradley%20out%20for%20season%20with%20knee%20injury&amp;body=https%3A%2F%2Fglobal.espn.com%2Ffootball%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F47579359\" data-social-type=\"content\" class=\"share-popup-link icon-font-before icon-email-solid-before email social-clicks-email\" aria-label=\"Email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Email<\/a><a data-social-tool=\"print\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/print?id=47579359\" data-social-type=\"content\" class=\"share-popup-link print icon-font-before icon-print-solid-before page-action\" aria-label=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Print<\/a>Open Extended Reactions<\/p>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"a47fbcec-c948-cf4c-9e41-3dfa37588c9c\" href=\"https:\/\/global.espn.com\/football\/team?id=364\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> defender <a data-player-guid=\"cabe833a-2edb-3691-bc6d-aa9033efeb27\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/250183\/conor-bradley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conor Bradley<\/a> is set to miss the rest of the season after suffering a serious knee injury in Thursday&#8217;s 0-0 draw with <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"feb44e87-58fa-9597-2691-b3c32768ebe4\" href=\"https:\/\/global.espn.com\/football\/team?id=359\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bradley went down off the ball in stoppage time at Emirates Stadium and was stretchered off the pitch, with head coach Arne Slot later admitting the club &#8220;feared the worst&#8221; for the right-back.<\/p>\n<p>Scans have since revealed Bradley has not suffered an ACL injury but has sustained significant damage to the bone and ligaments in his left knee.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/>Conor Bradley is out for the rest of Liverpool&#8217;s season.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n<p>It is a huge blow for Slot&#8217;s side, who have already lost teenage centre-back <a data-player-guid=\"574f8cc8-b10d-32ae-b286-0f24bfeaf6e9\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/380082\/giovanni-leoni\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Giovanni Leoni<\/a> to an ACL injury this season.<\/p>\n<p>Bradley&#8217;s injury prompted a scuffle on the pitch in north London, with Arsenal substitute <a data-player-guid=\"a84e514e-cbe8-9e47-26c9-9a5e3bc5ee00\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/269844\/gabriel-martinelli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gabriel Martinelli<\/a> throwing the ball at the 22-year-old and then attempting to shove him off the pitch as his side searched for a late winner.<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2a051c42-4444-8263-799a-6cdd866bd8f7\" href=\"https:\/\/global.espn.com\/football\/team?id=205\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brazil<\/a> international later apologised both publicly and privately for his behaviour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/global.espn.com\/football\/story\/_\/id\/47567752\/virgil-van-dijk-looking-liverpool-prove-point-fa-cup-barnsley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8211; 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