How Liverpool pair are working together on injury rehabilitation

LIVERPOOL defender Joe Gomez has hailed the influence of Danny Ings in the early stages of his recovery from an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

 

Danny Ings has helped Joe Gomez with his recovery from a serious knee injury

 

Gomez, 18, signed for Liverpool from Charlton for £3.5million last summer but sustained the season-ending injury while on England Under-21s duty in October.

He had made seven appearances for the Reds before the setback and then Danny Ings, who joined the club from Burnley last June, suffered the same injury a day later in a training session at Melwood.

The pair were both struck down in Jurgen Klopp's first week as Liverpool boss and Gomez has revealed how Ings has helped the youngster through his rehabilitation.

 

"We come in every morning, our schedule is quite set at the moment," Gomez told Goal.
"At first, I didn’t actually realise how much of a help he’d be during whole process. My injury hadn’t even properly hit me yet and Ingsy’s was a day later. It was gutting for us both and tough to take.
"We didn’t have time to digest it in the beginning, but there’s moments now I’ll be doing a session and think to myself ‘imagine if I had to do all this on my own.’ It would be hard to.

"He’s such an uplifting guy and that’s exactly what you need around you. We bounce off each other really well and it’s great that we can motivate each other during this period.”
Gomez made the first of his three appearances for the England Under-21s team in August and he also described the details of his recovery programme, which sees him cross-training and working on improving physical strength.
"The team are usually in much later, as the new manager likes training later, but we’re in early and we do swimming or a bit of boxing," he said.

"We like to get some cardiovascular work in to go with breakfast. Then we do a lot of strengthening work, to focus on core, balance and co-ordination.
"It’s just basically making sure that you’re getting stronger physically during this period while waiting for the bone to heal without aggravating it at all."
Ings and Gomez are unlikely to feature again this season but the duo appear to be working hard together to come back stronger than ever.