When is lucas leiva back from injury

Thanks relieved thedreamstillalive. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Lucas Leiva 'back in a few weeks'. Spain's World Cup spot is almost booked Pulisic digs at Mexico's Ochoa with 'mirror' shirt.

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Lucas replaced Philippe Coutinho at the start of the second half, and the impact was immediately apparent.

Not only did Liverpool play much better defensively, but it was also able to hold possession far more effectively.

After falling behind , the Reds pulled to within one by scoring during stoppage time in the first half, and then Steven Gerrard tied it by converting a penalty kick. The entire flow of the game changed when Lucas entered the fray, and that should come as no surprise since he ranks among the EPL's top tacklers, according to Squawka Football:.

For as well as Lucas has played this season, he has been in the news lately due to an Instagram photo that he posted of his birthday party:. Some questioned whether it was right for Lucas to hang around with rival players during the season, but Lucas downplayed the issue, according to James Pearce of the Liverpool Echo :.

The friendship of these players is something that I really value. There is always a lot of respect between us.

It's something important, especially being so far from Brazil. I said we have nothing to fear because we are friends. Sometimes you get abuse because some people don't understand but that's life. He was a substitute against Manchester United on March Liverpool have received a major boost after Lucas Leiva was passed fit to return to full training. On March 16, Lucas suggested he will return to action soon with an Instagram post highlighting him working with a ball:.

This comes over a month after he departed the draw with the Toffees due to a thigh strain, reported by Chris Bascombe of The Telegraph on Feb. The club's official Twitter feed immediately noticed something was wrong when the player made his way to the sidelines:.