Dejan Lovren suffered a gruesome black eye in training on Friday which ruled him out of Liverpool's clash with Leicester.
Liverpool confirmed the news via the club's official Twitter account.
A tweet said: "Dejan Lovren misses out for LFC today after sustaining a knock to the head in training on Friday. The defender did not suffer a concussion."
Lovren shared a picture of the injury on Instagram as he prepared to travel to Anfield to watch the teatime kick-off from the stands.
He wrote: "Bad luck yesterday in training. Hopefully the swelling will go away quickly... lets go now to support the team... come on reds #YNWA."
