Vinicius Jr has been ruled out of Real Madrid’s crucial UEFA Champions League match against Liverpool away at Anfied on Wednesday.
Real Madrid confirmed that the Brazilian winger will be out for three weeks after suffering a muscle injury.
The 24-year-old was on for 90 minutes in Real Madrid’s 3-0 win away at Leganes on Sunday as the champions closed the gap on league leaders Barcelona.
He provided the assist to Kylian Mbappe’s opener for Los Blanco’s.
Unfortunately, the winger will not be available as Real Madrid look to get back to form in the Champions League.
Vinicius Jr has been Real Madrid’s best player in the competition with 4 goals in 4 matches.
However, the reigning champions are winless in their last two games with losses to away at Lille and a 3-1 home loss to AC Milan.
Real Madrid are currently in the playoffs spot in the new format of the UEFA Champions league and another loss will jeopardise their chances of progressing to the next round of the competition.
