Manchester United defender Rojo dislocates shoulder

Marcos Rojo's latest injury could see Daley Blind switch to left-back and force Man Utd to sign a left-back in the January transfer window.

Manchester United have suffered another left-back blow after defender Marcos Rojosuffered a dislocated shoulder in training.

The 25-year-old, who has spent the majority of the season deputising for Luke Shaw, missed last week's game at Leicester and is now expected to be out for the remainder of the year.

Louis van Gaal might now switch Daley Blind, who has played primarily as a centre-back this season, to the left flank and partner Chris Smalling with either Phil Jones or Paddy McNair.

Van Gaal said last month he could sign a left-back in the January transfer window due to Shaw's injury, although the club was prepared to sell Rojo as recently as October.

Rojo, though, performed well following the October international fortnight and drew praise for his performance against Kevin de Bruyne in the derby.

The Argentine dislocated his shoulder in last season's derby at City but returned less than a month later.

Gervinho is one of the most skillful teammates I've ever had, says Chelsea's Eden Hazard

Chelsea star Eden Hazard has revealed which of his former teammates he believes have been the most skillful - and former Arsenal forward Gervinho makes the cut.

In an interview with Chelsea's official website, Hazard admitted the Ivory Coast striker - who endured a disappointing two years with the Gunners - is in his list of most skillful colleagues.

Despite Gervinho's woes at Arsenal, he impressed alongside Hazard at Lille, and their goals, assists and attacking play proved crucial to the French side winning the 2011 Ligue 1 title for the first time since 1954.

"I played with Gervinho at Lille, he had a lot of skill and he was very quick as well," Hazard said after being asked which of his former teammates he counts as the best.

"In the national team we have a lot of them: Yannick Carrasco, a young player at Atletico Madrid, Dries Mertens, Kevin De Bruyne, Kevin Mirallas, they are all very good and like to show their skills in matches."

Hazard also admitted his favourite piece of skill to perform during matches is the nutmeg and revealed his two successful attempts against Southampton last season remains a highlight in his mind.

When asked which skill he practised the most as a child, the Belgian winger said: "The nutmeg, which is known as panna in French, and also another skill which [Zinedine] Zidane used to do when he would spin on the ball. 

"I still like the nutmeg, Oscar did three at Tottenham on Sunday, it’s a good skill to use.

"When I was in France playing for Lille against Monaco, I was on the wing and beat a few defenders with some skills. Against Southampton at home last season I did two nutmegs. In my first season against West Ham I scored a good goal and in the same game there was another piece of skill I did. 

"I try to do something in every match. Also at Lille I scored a left-footed goal from about 35 yards against Marseille."

Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp to Daniel Sturridge: Now I know what everybody is talking about

Jurgen Klopp revelled in Daniel Sturridge's return to fitness and form after the striker inspired Liverpool into the Capital One Cupsemi-finals with a outstanding win over Southampton.

Sturridge started his first match since Klopp's appointment as manager almost two months ago and demonstrated the masterful finishing ability that Klopp and predecessor Brendan Rodgers so regularly went without in scoring Liverpool's first two goals in their exceptional 6-1 defeat of Southampton.

Wednesday evening's victory secured their place in the competition's final four - they are to face Stoke over two legs in January while Manchester City and Everton compete in the other semi-final - and also gave Sturridge his first goals since September 26, when he scored twice against Aston Villa.

Given much of Klopp's considerable reputation was built upon his transformation of Robert Lewandowski into a world-class goalscorer at Borussia Dortmund, it says much that the German was so convinced by Sturridge's performance, particularly so soon after suggesting the striker needed to "identify what is serious pain and what is only pain" and on an evening where Divock Origi also scored a hat-trick.

A fully-fit Sturridge could yet possess the potential to make the crucial difference in reaching the Premier League's top four, even at a club where Origi, Christian Benteke, Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino are among the alternative attacking options.

Despite watching his team improve significantly in the striker's absence before Wednesday, Klopp revealed Sturridge's performance made him understand why he was the subject of such regular attention and debate.

"I said to Sturridge after the game 'now I know what everybody is talking about so thank you'," said Klopp of the striker who, owing to injury, has scarcely featured since the conclusion of the 2013/14 season in which his 24 goals almost inspired Liverpool to the league title.

"Of course I knew all about his quality, this was not a problem, but I had not seen it live in a stadium in such an important game.

"How do I know if he can be better than a couple of seasons ago? I don't know. You have known him longer than me.

"The problem with Daniel was we didn't know how long he could play. He did not have the perfect pre-season. It was a good decision (to select him), I have to say."

The 6-1 defeat represented Southampton's worst at home for 56 years, since a 6-0 loss to Brentford in March 1959, and while criticising his team for making it "too easy" for Liverpool, their manager, Ronald Koeman, accepted responsibility for the attacking changes which he said ultimately increased their deficit.

"(It was) great play of Liverpool," he said. "They played a fantastic game. Very complete, defensively strong, good movement, and they killed the game with high quality, but (it was) too easy in my opinion.

"The second half is my responsibility. I took the decision to play three at the back, and the first 20 minutes after half-time it was a little bit better, but we didn't score, and the last 20 minutes, there were too big spaces, too big gaps."