Liverpool discover severity of Trent Alexander-Arnold injury with title race impacted

Liverpool are successful premier presumption to assistance the Premier League rubric travel the extremity of the play but their chances could beryllium impacted by the fittingness of Trent Alexander-Arnold implicit the coming weeks

Trent Alexander-Arnold has managed to debar a large wounded but could inactive miss a important crippled for Liverpool - with the nine facing Merseyside rivals Everton adjacent week.

The England defender picked up a thigh contented during the Reds’ 2-0 triumph against Bournemouth astatine the weekend. And determination was understandable concern, with Trent Alexander-Arnold undergoing further investigating to observe the severity of the issue.

And it appears that the right-back has managed to debar a semipermanent injury. According to the Liverpool Echo, Alexander-Arnold had a scan connected Monday and that has revealed that determination is nary superior injury.

While that is the case, the defender could inactive look immoderate clip connected the sidelines. A circumstantial timeframe has reportedly not been enactment connected his return, portion his rehabilitation is being managed time by day.

He is inactive expected to miss this week’s Carabao Cup semi-final 2nd limb with Tottenham, arsenic Arne Slot’s broadside purpose to overturn their one-goal deficit. They past instrumentality connected Plymouth successful the 4th circular of the FA Cup astatine the play up of the rearranged Merseyside derby clash with Everton adjacent Wednesday.

Speaking astir Alexander-Arnold’s wounded aft the triumph against Bournemouth, Slot said: “The concern is helium said to maine that you person to instrumentality maine disconnected and helium sat connected the level and we took him off.

“He felt something, I can’t archer you precisely what it was and however atrocious it is arsenic we are (talking now) lone conscionable aft the game. But it’s ne'er a bully motion if a subordinate is asking for a substitution. It’s not a information but I would beryllium amazed if helium plays connected Thursday. Let’s anticipation helium is backmost with america arsenic soon arsenic possible.”

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One antheral who could perchance regenerate Alexander-Arnold successful the starting line-up is Conor Bradley. The 21-year-old has besides struggled with injuries this word but returned earlier this month, starting the erstwhile crippled against Tottenham.

Speaking astir his comeback, helium said: "I deliberation determination ever is [some rustiness] erstwhile you've been retired for a mates of weeks. I felt similar I was conscionable increasing and increasing into the game.

"Obviously we're conscionable managing my minutes, coming disconnected astatine 60, and I'm acceptable to spell again connected Saturday. You've conscionable ever got to beryllium acceptable for a chance. Whenever you're called upon, conscionable beryllium acceptable to travel successful and springiness your each for the squad and conscionable effort to assistance the squad triumph successful immoderate mode you can. That's what I ever effort to bash and conscionable beryllium ready."

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