Fulham manager Martin Jol has revealed that winger Damien Duff will miss his side's Premier League clash with Liverpool on Monday.
Jol reveals injury concern over winger
Fulham manager Martin Jol has revealed that winger Damien Duff will miss his side's Premier League clash with Liverpool on Monday.
Duff suffered a calf injury during the Cottagers' 1-0 away defeat to Twente in the Europa League Group K fixture on Thursday and was substituted in the first half.
Midfielder Moussa Dembele too picked up a knock and was taken off with seven minutes remaining on the clock, leaving Jol a disappointed man.
"Duff has (suffered a recurrence) of the old problem with his calf injury that kept him out for two weeks," the Dutchman said.
"He came back and had the same problem, but hopefully Dembele is fine. Damien could be a doubt but I expect Mousa to play and Clint (Dempsey) could return (from thigh problem)."
Disappointing
The loss in the Netherlands means that Fulham are now second in Group K with seven points from four matches, a point ahead of Wisla Krakow.
The Premier League side need to win against Odense at home in two weeks' time in their final group match to secure their place in the last 32.
Reflecting on his team's loss in Enschede against his former club, Jol said: "It could have been a nice game.
"They have got a good team and they score goals.
"Last Sunday was the first time in a while they had not scored a goal (they drew 0-0 with Vitesse Arnhem) so it would have been only the second time in about 42 games they hadn't scored.
"That would have been good, although one point would not have been ideal.
"We need to win the last game, anyway, but the goal was disappointing.
"We did well defensively, stopping their crosses, but somebody slipped and then we speculated on the offside.
"We are normally very good at defending crosses and the problem was keeping the ball in their half. Dembele had asked for a substitution and we couldn't keep the ball in their half so they broke us and they scored."
