Liverpool suffer fresh injury setback as striker dealt new fitness concern

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballLiverpool FCJayden Danns was forced off for Liverpool under-21s on a day of contrasting fortunes for the Academy teamsLiverpool are sweating on the fitness of Jayden Danns after the striker suffered another untimely injury setback. Danns skippered the under-21 side in their Premier League 2 visit to Ipswich Town on Saturday afternoon but was forced off after just over half an hour of the 3-2 defeat.The 19-year-old will undergo tests to ascertain the extent of the injury but has already been ruled out of the Champions League trip to Galatasaray in midweek.Danns was on the bench for the 3-2 win over Atletico Madrid in the competition a fortnight ago and featured for the last 15 minutes as substitute in the 2-1 League Cup win over Southampton at Anfield last week.READ MORE: Arne Slot left fuming as Crystal Palace joke about Liverpool performanceREAD MORE: Virgil van Dijk addresses Liverpool 'worry' and 'biggest challenge' they now faceThe forward had been due to spend the second half of last season on loan at Sunderland but subsequently had his campaign ended early by a back problem that required further rehabilitation this summer.Rob Page's Liverpool were already behind to an individual Somto Boniface strike when Danns departed, and were 2-0 down before half-time when Tudor Mendel scored for Ipswich from a corner routine.The visitors, though, fought back in the second half, with Keyrol Figueroa heading home Kaide Gordon's corner and Trent Kone-Doherty forcing an own goal from Ipswich defender Leon Elliott.

The Tractor Boys, though, had the final say with a winner from Corbin Mthunzi six minutes from time.Earlier in the day, Simon Wiles's U18s responded to last week's 8-3 thrashing at home to Blackburn Rovers with a 3-0 win at Leeds United.Joe Upton came off the bench to create the opener on the hour with his first touch, curling in a corner for Lucas Clarke to head in. AJ Yeguo then laid on strikes for La'more Lee Forrester and Finn Inglethorpe.Liverpool U21s are next in Premier League 2 action at Fulham on Friday night (kick-off 7pm) while an U19 side takes on Galatasaray in Istanbul in the UEFA Youth League on Tuesday (kick-off 1pm).LIVERPOOL U21s: Pecsi; Ramsay, Pinnington, Lucky, Pitt, Pilling, Laffey; Kone-Doherty, Morrison, Gordon; Danns (Figueroa 31).

Subs: Misciur, Airoboma, Davidson, Bradshaw. BOOKINGS: Figueroa, Morrison.LIVERPOOL U18s: Hall; Conde (Lonmeni 77), Clarke, Cisse, Owen; Murray-Holme (Upton 60), Abe; Farkas (O’Connor 65), Sonni-Lambie (Inglethorpe 60), Yeguo; Lee Forrester.