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Liverpool expect to learn the full extent of Bobby Adekanye's knee injury in the next 24 hours.

The Dutch youth international was stretchered off in the closing stages of Friday night's 4-0 defeat to Arsenal in Premier League 2.

Adekanye received oxygen after landing awkwardly following a foul and he left Boreham Wood's Meadow Park on crutches.

The 19-year-old winger has heavy swelling around his right knee but is now able to walk unaided. Liverpool hope that's a sign that it's not as bad as first feared.

Adekanye has enjoyed a fine start to the season and an extended spell on the sidelines would be a crushing setback for him.

Three days before the under-23s showdown with Arsenal he helped Liverpool get off to a flier in the UEFA Youth League as he scored in a thumping 5-2 win over Paris Saint-Germain at St Helens.

(Image: David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

It was a chastening night for Neil Critchley's side against the Gunners but Liverpool U18s lifted the mood at the Academy with a thrilling 4-3 win at Blackburn on Saturday.

Prolific duo Paul Glatzel and Bobby Duncan were both on target, along with an own goal, as the young Reds led 1-0, trailed 2-1 and then went 3-2 up.

A late equaliser appeared to have earned Rovers a point but Fidel O'Rourke came off the bench to claim a dramatic stoppage-time winner.