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title: "Fabinho set to miss Liverpool’s Champions League clash with RB Leipzig"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Henry Jackson"
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published: "2021-02-15T13:56:27Z"
modified: "2021-02-15T14:05:17Z"
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# Fabinho set to miss Liverpool’s Champions League clash with RB Leipzig

Fabinho is set to miss Liverpool’s Champions League clash with RB Leipzig, having not trained on Monday, with *The Athletic*‘s James Pearce confirming the news on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/JamesPearceLFC/status/1361296847353094145?s=20).

> Naby Keita, Divock Origi and Ben Davies all part of [#LFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) training session at Kirkby as Jurgen Klopp watches on. No sign of Fabinho. No James Milner either. Klopp press conference to follow at 1.30pm.
>
> — James Pearce (@JamesPearceLFC) [February 15, 2021](https://twitter.com/JamesPearceLFC/status/1361296847353094145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

The Reds face the Bundesliga side in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Tuesday night, making the trip to Budapest.

The Premier League champions are in a poor run of form after three defeats in a row, with a response badly needed on their return to European action.

Judging by Pearce’s update, however, Fabinho seems unlikely to be available for selection, having missed the weekend defeat at Leicester City.

### Read Liverpool Verdict

Fabinho is arguably Liverpool’s Player of the Year currently, so he will clearly be a big loss against Leipzig.

Not only is he a world-class defensive midfielder, but he has also been magnificent at centre-back in the [absence](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-liverpool/sperrenundverletzungen/verein/31) of Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip this season.

The Brazilian being out means Jordan Henderson will likely have to partner Ozan Kabak again on Tuesday evening, which is a far-from-ideal situation.

Klopp does have the option of pushing Henderson into midfield and playing Ben Davies or Nathaniel Phillips, but that feels risky against top class opponents.