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What about this then?

From the official LFC web site 7 August 2018:

Dejan Lovren is 'ready and fit' to start contributing to Liverpool's quest for success in the coming season.

The centre-back returned to Melwood on Monday morning to begin pre-season training following the conclusion of his post-World Cup holiday.

Lovren helped Croatia reach the final of the tournament in Russia, of course, just months after playing in the Champions League showpiece with the Reds.

And while the No.6 admitted he needed the benefits of a break from the game in the past few weeks, he is already raring to go again.

“I could even play half an hour now!” he told LFCTV during the build-up to Tuesday night’s friendly with Torino at Anfield.

“But let’s go step by step. Let’s do the preparation and we will see what will happen on Sunday.

“After the Champions League final, it was hard for me mentally to accept the defeat. Then I came to the national side and straight to the World Cup; it was quite difficult for me.

“I got a break of three weeks and I’m now ready and fit again, and full of desire to win many games here and hopefully we can win a couple of trophies.”

https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/310892-dejan-lovren-liverpool-interview

Did he after that interview suddenly remember that he was injured and actually couldn't play?

Very strange indeed!

That's BS. I remember those conceeded against Spurs, for sure.

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Where does it say that he didn't report it? Obviously we aren't happy. Why would we be happy that our player is injured? That doesn't mean he hid anything from anyone or broke any rules. All it says was that he's injured and we're not happy. Nothing we didn't already know.

He played through the pain, as Klopp said he did most of the season with us. Since when is that against any club's rules? It was one of the biggest moments in his career. Of course he played. There is no rule that I know of against getting injured on international duty or playing through injury. Hell, Pele's Brazil career was built on the tournament he played through a knee injury!

You are making conclusions that aren't supported by facts, at least not within the article you posted.

I'm just interpreting the published article, as we all are, the key point for me is:

“I'll reassess things after seeing the doctor in Netherlands. I have to deal with that for now and believe it will be okay.

“I hoped it would pass during my holiday, but it didn't. As I went for a swim, it hurt. I couldn't even rest normally.”

If Lovren had some sort of muscle injury in his stomach from the WC, I'm sure Liverpool wouldn't have just sent him on his holidays, they would have sent him to a doctor for assessment/treatment and then physio/recoup work. The wording makes it look like he went on holiday knowing he had an injury from the WC, then came back and reported to the club/doctor.