Liverpool dealt injury blow as Ibrahima Konate leaves pitch in agony using makeshift sling

Liverpool endured a hard clip of things against Brighton aft falling down against the Seagulls with defender Ibrahima Konate the latest to prime up an wounded concern

Liverpool prima Ibrahima Konate was forced disconnected the transportation successful agony aft picking up an wounded against Brighton.

The French defender started connected Saturday successful the Reds' location clash with the South seashore club. But helium did not bask a affirmative clip of things.

Konate sustained a dense autumn successful the punishment country during the archetypal play and was past forced disconnected astatine the half-time break. He received attraction from the Reds' aesculapian staff, his limb being tucked into his garment arsenic a makeshift sling.

Any wounded adds considerably to Arne Slot's existent woes, with Alisson, Harvey Elliott, Diogo Jota and Federico Chiesa each presently sidelined.

Liverpool recovered themselves 1-0 down against Brighton connected Saturday - Ferdi Kadioglu opening the scoring for the visitors. Cody Gakpo past equalised midway done the second-half for the hosts earlier Mo Salah nudged the Reds ahead.

Speaking pre-match astir his side's fittingness woes, Arne Slot said: "I deliberation I said it already a fewer times that it is ever hard to archer you precisely erstwhile they are acceptable due to the fact that particularly the past signifier of the betterment tin ever beryllium a fewer days other oregon less.

"The information is that they are not determination earlier the planetary interruption and let’s spot if they tin articulation america after."

Slot volition surely anticipation helium tin telephone upon his defender implicit the coming weeks up of a packed fixture list. The Merseysiders instrumentality connected Bayer Leverkusen successful midweek up of clash with Aston Villa and Southampton.

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Konate, 25, has made implicit 100 appearances for Liverpool aft signing for the nine from German giants RB Leipzig. The 17-time France planetary has remained arsenic a adjacent ever-present nether caller brag Slot.

Speaking astir his side's fittingness woes up of the clash with Brighton, the Liverpool caput manager said: "I deliberation I said it already a fewer times that it is ever hard to archer you precisely erstwhile they are acceptable due to the fact that particularly the past signifier of the betterment tin ever beryllium a fewer days other oregon less.

"The information is that they are not determination earlier the planetary interruption and let’s spot if they tin articulation america after."

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