Dejan Lovren: Could return from knee injury next week

Lovren's knee injury is not as serious as was initially thought, and he could return for next week's match versus Leicester City.

Analysis:

The Croatian left last week's match versus West Brom after suffering the injury, and he was initially thought to be out until January. Further evaluation revealed that the damage was not as severe as the club feared, and Lovren could return to training as early as Tuesday of next week. Emre Can and Mamadou Sakho are candidates to step in in Lovren's absence.