Arne Slot may haven’t one however two recent damage issues to compound arguably the worst week on the pitch of his hitherto profitable reign as Liverpool head coach.
The anguish of dropping to Chelsea in stoppage time – the Reds’ third defeat in eight days – was amplified by the sight of Andy Robertson limping off the pitch at Stamford Bridge after full-time.
The Scottish left-back wasn’t the one defender to ship some harm in west London, with the LFC head coach revealing afterwards that he was pressured to take off Ibrahima Konate simply 10 minutes into the second half as a consequence of a quad problem.
Slot provides post-match damage replace on Konate
Slot elaborated on the physique blow to the French centre-back in his post-match press convention, though he appeared hopeful that the 26-year-old gained’t be too badly affected.
The Liverpool boss stated (by way of Sky Sports activities): “I don’t know if it’s a large damage. He limped slightly bit. I requested him and he felt his quad.
“It was a substitution I already had in thoughts as a result of the correct centre-back had numerous ball possession and we would have liked to create from that place. Ryan [Gravenberch] is kind of good at that. It is perhaps OK that he went off early sufficient.”
Slot might be left very brief in defence if Konate has a long-lasting damage
It had appeared stunning that Slot would withdraw three of his beginning again 4 by the 56th minute, however it was a tricky day on the workplace for Conor Bradley and Milos Kerkez, and it emerged that Konate had an damage concern.
The Dutchman might have acted shortly sufficient to mitigate the potential harm to Liverpool’s quantity 5, little question acutely aware that he’s already down to 3 centre-backs after Giovanni Leoni tore his ACL.
The worldwide break is perhaps coming at a really perfect time for the Reds as they wait to see how badly Konate and Robertson are affected by the blows they shipped at Stamford Bridge, which ought to change into obvious within the coming days.
Though among the Frenchman’s current performances have left loads to be desired, Slot can in poor health afford to be with out him for any nice size of time given the shortage of defensive depth within the present squad.
Fingers crossed for excellent news on the previous RB Leipzig man. Excellent news has been in very brief provide for Liverpool over the previous week, so that they’re certainly due some bit…
