Champions League, Liverpool v/s Roma: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain suffers 'really bad' injury, World Cup in doubt

Liverpool and England midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's hopes of heading to the World Cup are in doubt after he suffered a what appeared to be a serious injury in the 5-2 win over AS Roma in their Champions League semi-final, first leg on Tuesday.

The 24-year-old, who joined Liverpool from Arsenal in August, was carried off on a stretcher in the 18th minute after making a sliding tackle on Roma full-back Aleksandar Kolarov.

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said the England international's season looked to be over.

"Yes, that is how it is, unfortunately. All the medical department is quite concerned even without a scan and the season is not that long anymore," he said.

"It's probably a really bad injury. If we can say that already before the scan, that's never good news so that means for us it's a massive blow, of course," he said.

"We have still a few very important games to go and the squad doesn't get bigger in the moment, so we obviously need to be creative in the next few games."

The 24-year-old has kicked on impressively since switching Arsenal for Anfield last summer.

Oxlade-Chamberlain scored a superb goal in the home quarter-final defeat of Manchester City, but the midfielder’s Champions League dreams looked to have come to an end at the semi-final stage.

Oxlade-Chamberlain was selected for the 2014 World Cup but was unable to feature due to a knee issue sustained in a warm-up friendly against Ecuador.

England's opening World Cup game in Russia is on June 18. 

Oxlade-Chamberlain started both of England’s friendlies last month and looked set to be included in Gareth Southgate’s squad heading to Russia.

The Three Lions boss will announce his group shortly after the final round of Premier League fixtures.

(With Reuters Inputs)