Afraid’ – Arne Slot explains Liverpool double injury blow as four players could miss Merseyside derby

Afraid’ – Arne Slot explains Liverpool double injury blow as four players could miss Merseyside derby

Liverpool injury update on Joe Gomez after the 1-0 loss to Plymouth in the FA Cup.

Arne Slot has provided an injury update on Joe Gomez after Liverpool’s shock FA Cup loss to Plymouth Argyle.

The Reds suffered a 1-0 defeat by the Championship basement side. Liverpool, who top the Premier League by six points, were lacklustre at Home Park. While Slot made wholesale changes to his starting line-up, the likes of Diogo Jota, Luis Diaz and Federico Chiesa all featured from the outset.

 

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Any dreams of a quadruple have ended and to compound Liverpool’s frustrations, they lost Gomez to injury within the opening 10 minutes. The defender was making his first appearance since returning from a hamstring problem.

 

However, Slot confirmed that Gomez did not suffer a fresh hamstring tear but he’s now a doubt for the Merseyside derby against Everton at Goodison Park on Wednesday night.

 

“I’m not too sure if it’s the same but I haven’t had time to ask him. It was clear we all knew which moment he felt a bit insecure about and he said I’m afraid if I make one extra sprint, things will go wrong. It’s not torn.”

 

Meanwhile, Curtis Jones was an unused substitute against Plymouth. Despite Liverpool chasing the game, the midfielder was not brought off the bench despite being only one of two senior players in reserve along with Darwin Nunez. Jones did not warm-up before the game at Home Park.

 

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Slot continued: “That was a bit of a blow [Gomez’s injury] because Curtis Jones was on the bench and came to me this morning and said he doesn’t think he was fully recovered from the training session yesterday.

 

“We were left with a few more youngsters on the pitch which wasn’t the idea before the game but, still, there was enough quality on the pitch to get a better result than this.”

 

Trent Alexander-Arnold was absent against Plymouth as he recovers from a minor setback. In addition, Tyler Morton is unavailable for several weeks because of a shoulder problem.

 

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