Arne Slot delivers Trent Alexander-Arnold injury update after Liverpool star missed Spurs win

Trent Alexander-Arnold suffered a limb wounded earlier this period and Liverpool brag Arne Slot has shared an update connected the full-back's fittingness pursuing the Reds' triumph implicit Tottenham

Arne Slot has revealed Trent Alexander-Arnold volition miss Liverpool's upcoming FA Cup clash against Plymouth arsenic helium continues his recovery from a limb injury, but determination is simply a accidental the defender could beryllium backmost successful enactment against Everton.

Alexander-Arnold was absent arsenic Liverpool booked their spot successful the Carabao Cup final by beating Tottenham 4-1 connected aggregate, having been forced disconnected successful his side's 2-0 triumph implicit Bournemouth earlier this month.

Slot insisted the wounded was not superior aft the game, but helium has present offered a caller update connected Alexander-Arnold's recovery. When asked if the full-back could diagnostic against Plymouth connected Sunday, Slot replied: "No, I don't deliberation truthful yet.

"That's going to beryllium excessively aboriginal for him. Difficult to accidental [about the Merseyside derby]. Like I said before, it's not going to instrumentality months and not adjacent weeks but that's lone 3 days aft the Plymouth Argyle game, truthful let's hold and spot if helium is available.

"We besides person to look astatine the agelong term, of people we don't privation to instrumentality immoderate risks with truthful galore games afterwards coming up. But if he's acceptable past of people we volition usage him."

Conor Bradley has deputised for Alexander-Arnold and Slot has hailed the 21-year-old aft helium assisted Dominik Szoboszlai's extremity against Tottenham. "The smartest happening is not to suffer the shot [when Bradley goes forward] and helium has to recognize erstwhile to marque the run," Slot said.

"For 3-0 it was a large prime due to the fact that Macca had the ball. If Macca has the shot I would marque the tally arsenic a team-mate arsenic good due to the fact that helium volition find you with the cleanable pass. Of course, we ever person Ibou and Virgil down the shot arsenic good arsenic Ryan. So if we bash suffer the ball, we person defenders back.

"I deliberation it's just to accidental that for galore positions we person 2 precise bully players. I tin spell done the full team, it's mean erstwhile you enactment astatine a nine for this magnitude. Right full-back is decidedly a presumption wherever that is true."

Slot besides revealed that midfielder Tyler Morton could beryllium retired of enactment for astir a month with a enarthrosis problem. James McConnell started up of Morton erstwhile Slot heavy rotated his broadside against PSV Eindhoven successful the Champions League past month.

"You watched PSV arsenic good and what I saw was him competing with the different midfielders, helium is competing with them, ever gives everything helium has," Slot said erstwhile asked astir McConnell. " Morton is retired with an wounded for a while, truthful that means helium was possibly our sixth midfielder and James is taking that presumption now, truthful it's him doing good and the wounded to Morton."

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