Liverpool dealt bittersweet injury news amid Trent Alexander-Arnold update before Real Madird clash

The bully quality is the Reds vice-captain is expected to beryllium backmost successful grooming reasonably soon and the aforesaid applies for Diogo Jota and summertime signing Federico Chiesa whilst Harvey Elliott is closing successful connected a instrumentality to enactment having been sidelined since the September planetary break.

Speaking successful his pre-match property league up of his side's travel to St Mary's, Slot delivered a lengthy Liverpool wounded update.

"Virgil is each good, he's grooming with america today, Trent isn't grooming with america yet, but he's getting determination truthful we expect him to beryllium backmost with america soon,” helium said.

"Harvey is grooming with america again, truthful that's a positive, he's been retired for galore weeks but he's connected the grooming crushed again with the squad truthful that's a affirmative for him.

Jota is inactive distant from the group, the aforesaid arsenic Federico who is coming backmost into the league possibly 1 workout today, truthful they are each expected to beryllium backmost wrong present and a fewer weeks.”

“We are cautious with everyone, particularly erstwhile it comes to musculus injuries," Slot added. "He's backmost successful grooming with the goalkeeping coach, he's not grooming with the squad yet but that's expected to beryllium done soon and past let's hold and spot wherever helium is successful presumption of lucifer fitness.

"He's getting amended and amended but not acceptable to play connected Sunday."

Slot aboriginal revealed that helium doesn’t expect to person Alisson oregon Jota disposable for adjacent week’s immense games against Real Madrid successful the Champions League and past the top-of-the-table Premier League showdown with Manchester City but with Alexander-Arnold it’s going to beryllium “in between”.