Liverpool 'refused to accept Sissoko diagnosis'

Club doctor Mark Waller has revealed Liverpool refused to accept the initial diagnosis that Mohamed Sissoko would never play again after his eye injury, despite the the midfielder being “blind in his right eye for 36 hours”.

Sissoko was kicked on the head during Liverpool’s Champions League game against Benfica last month, and one of the original doctors who treated the Mali international in Lisbon feared for the player’s sight.