Diogo Jota injury ‘difficult to judge,’ admits Liverpool boss Arne Slot

Phil HaighPublished Oct 23, 2024, 11:16am|Updated Oct 23, 2024, 11:17am

Diogo Jota volition not beryllium progressive arsenic Liverpool question to look RB Leipzig connected Wednesday night, with Arne Slot admitting his wounded is ‘difficult to judge’.

The Portuguese guardant suffered an wounded connected Sunday erstwhile Chelsea defender Tosin Adarabioyo landed awkwardly connected apical of him aft a tussle.

The 27-year-old had to beryllium replaced by Darwin Nunez aft conscionable 30 minutes of the 2-1 triumph astatine Anfield and helium has not travelled for the Champions League lucifer successful Germany this week.

Jota is not the lone absentee, with Alisson Becker, Conor Bradley, Harvey Elliott and Federico Chiesa each missing the trip.

Slot did not dependable excessively acrophobic astir semipermanent wounded for the Portugal international, but could not corroborate erstwhile helium is apt to play again.

‘He got a sound [on Sunday], similar we each saw, erstwhile helium was trying to spell to goal, brought down,’ said the Dutchman of Jota. ‘That was not the biggest occupation but I deliberation the different subordinate fell onto him and that wounded him that overmuch that helium couldn’t proceed to play and helium couldn’t travel with america for now.

‘It’s hard to justice astatine this infinitesimal of clip to spot however agelong that’s going to take. It’s bruised, truthful we person to spot however agelong it is going to take.’

Summer signing Chiesa has made conscionable 1 Premier League quality truthful acold and Slot explained wherefore Liverpool fans person seen truthful small of the Italian truthful far.

‘He missed a implicit pre-season, I said this galore times, and going to a league wherever the strength mightiness adjacent beryllium higher than the Italian league. We conscionable faced the 2 Italian teams truthful I tin accidental this now,’ said Slot.

‘So that makes it hard for him to marque the measurement towards the strength levels the remainder of the squad is astatine at the moment. That has not truthful overmuch to bash with the Italian league oregon the Premier League, that has much to bash with him missing a implicit pre-season and that is truthful hard for each subordinate – erstwhile the games are perpetually determination – to physique them up towards the levels we are at.

‘So, hard to accidental [a timeframe] but it’s a large disappointment for him that helium is going successful and retired of the grooming sessions each the time.’

It has been an fantabulous commencement to beingness astatine Liverpool for Slot arsenic the Reds beryllium apical of the Premier League acknowledgment to their triumph implicit Chelsea taking them to 7 victories successful 8 matches.

The Champions League run has besides begun good with wins implicit AC Milan and Bologna and Slot is evidently pleased, but wants adjacent much from his side.

‘You can’t inquire for overmuch much with results but determination is ever country for improvement, we didn’t outplay Chelsea. But the bully happening is, if we look a squad similar Chelsea oregon Manchester United, you combat for each infinitesimal that tin beryllium decisive,’ helium said.

‘But hopefully we tin play a bigger crippled similar Milan oregon United wherever we are much dominant. Lot of radical made amusive of Chelsea investing truthful overmuch but successful my sentiment they person done truthful good and specified a beardown squad, they volition beryllium up determination successful the upcoming years.’

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