Liverpool fear the worst as Lallana suffers hamstring injury from seestyle's blog

Liverpool face an anxious wait to discover the extent of Adam Lallanas hamstring injury after the midfielder David Freese Jersey s season from hell took another turn for the worse.

Lallana was on the field for just five minutes as the Reds won 2-1 at Crystal Palace on Saturday, replacing Gini Wijnaldum as a second-half substitute but collapsing in a heap shortly after his introduction.

The England midfielder left Selhurst Park on crutches, amid fears he faces another lengthy lay-off. That would be a dagger blow to the 29-year-old, who has seen his campaign ruined by injuries already.

Lallana did not play until November having suffered a serious thigh injury in pre-season, and then suffered a further setback after one substitute appearance.

He has managed to start three games since, but Jurgen Klopp told his post-match pre s conference that the latest problem could be a bad one.

Ive not spoken to him Austin Meadows Jersey , but Ive seen him and it is not good, Klopp said. We dont know exactly what he has but from the first moment I saw him go down it looked like something really serious. It looks like something with the muscle, we Adam Frazier Jersey cant make any further a se sments so far. We will do that as quick as po sible.

Hes our mate, our boy, our player. Hes having a difficult season already, and maybe one of the biggest achievements of this team is that they could play a season like they have Barry Bonds Jersey played so far without Adam Lallana I never would have thought that was po sible. We are all desperately waiting for him, and to see him come back step by step and then suffer again, it is a big, big blow for us.

We hope it wont be that serious. If it is only one week then thats nothing, if it is longer then it is something. It is too early for that, it is just not good.

Lallana is almost certainly out of Wednesdays Champions League quarter-final, first leg with Manchester City, and must already be a doubt for next weekends Merseyside derby with Everton.

Longer term, there will be fears for his place in Chad Kuhl Jersey Englands World Cup party, with Gareth Southgate only around seven weeks away from naming his squad for the tournament. Lallana appeared as a substitute in the friendly Dario Agrazal Jersey draw with Italy on Tuesday, but another lay-off would do little to improve his claims for a place.

Liverpool, at least, were able to celebrate victory in south London, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah securing a second-half turnaround and a result which cements their place in the top four. They sit 11 points ahead of fifth-placed Chelsea, who take on Tottenham at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.