Arne Slot outlines Liverpool ambition as injury blow confirmed for Tottenham semi-final

Liverpool look Tottenham successful the Carabao Cup semi-final 2nd limb astatine Anfield connected Thursday nighttime and Arne Slot is motivated to get a sojourn to Wembley Stadium connected his CV

Arne Slot is anxious to pb Liverpool to Wembley truthful helium tin yet measurement ft successful the iconic stadium.

The Reds big Tottenham contiguous looking to overturn a 1-0 shortage from the archetypal limb of the Carabao Cup semi-final. Boss Slot has ne'er been to the nationalist stadium earlier but helium is hoping that changes adjacent month.

He said: “It cannot beryllium underestimated. Maybe immoderate of these players are already utilized to Wembley, but it would beryllium my archetypal clip to spell to Wembley. If you spell to England radical are talking astir Wembley arsenic an iconic stadium, particularly if it's a final. So you tin beryllium definite that we arsenic a squad privation to triumph that crippled to spell to Wembley.”

Liverpool volition beryllium without Trent Alexander-Arnold for the Carabao Cup semi-final clash with Tottenham. The Reds defender picked up a thigh wounded during the play triumph implicit Bournemouth. Alexander-Arnold underwent scans connected Monday which did not amusement up immoderate large damage.

But brag Arne Slot is successful nary unreserved to hazard the defender with Conor Bradley acceptable to measurement successful for the semi-final astatine Anfield. Alexander-Arnold volition absorption connected getting acceptable for adjacent week’s Merseyside derby against Everton, arsenic helium is besides improbable to marque the travel to Plymouth for the FA Cup third-round clash.

Slot said: “He is going to miss the crippled [vs Spurs] and we person to spot if helium is capable to play connected Sunday. What we bash cognize is helium is not disposable to play [vs Spurs]. I deliberation you saw helium near the transportation with a spot of a symptom successful his limb truthful that’s wherefore helium misses the game.

“But he’s already connected the pitch, not with the squad but with the rehab manager truthful let’s spot however agelong it’s going to instrumentality but he’s not going to beryllium available.” Liverpool big Spurs trailing 1-0 from the archetypal limb but volition beryllium favourites to advancement with location vantage and their red-hot signifier portion the North London broadside person been struggling since the archetypal limb past month.

Slot said: “I don’t deliberation I person to hole them otherwise to immoderate different crippled due to the fact that from present until the extremity of the season. Liverpool exists similar if you deterioration this garment you person to triumph the crippled truthful adjacent if we spell 1-0 down we privation to triumph the game, that is besides what we tried successful the distant game.

“We were adjacent to get the effect until the past seconds, we were down to 10 and conceded a goal. Nothing changes.”

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