Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has suffered a major injury blow.

The centre-back picked up the hamstring injury during the club's 3-1 Premier League loss at the Bees on Monday.

The issue is thought to be worse than initial predictions and could keep him out on the sidelines for weeks, says the Daily Mail.

Van Dijk is now due to have a scan to check out the full extent of the damage but either way Jurgen Klopp is set to be given a defensive headache without his key centre-back available.

Van Dijk played just 45 minutes of the loss at the Gtech Community Stadium before being withdrawn at the break.