Liverpool news: Arne Slot confirms brutal injury setback as “fight” message issued

Liverpool are backmost successful enactment this play arsenic they invited Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea to Anfield and the Reds person a fewer wounded concerns up of the showdown with the Blues

Liverpool volition beryllium aiming to clasp onto the Premier League apical spot arsenic they instrumentality to action.

A fig of Reds person jetted disconnected to each corners of the globe implicit the past fortnight for the latest circular of planetary fixtures. Luckily, it appears that Arne Slot’s men instrumentality with a cleanable measure of health.

They volition request it excessively with a investigating fixture up of them this weekend. Liverpool instrumentality connected a resurgent Chelsea broadside astatine Anfield connected Sunday.

And the Reds person already been hard astatine enactment up of the clash with Enzo Maresca’s side. Take a look astatine the latest Liverpool headlines up of Sunday’s showdown:

Slot confirms ‘uncommon’ blow

Arne Slot has admitted that Alisson’s wounded is “uncommon” with the Brazilian sidelined until astatine slightest adjacent month. The goalkeeper was injured during the triumph against Crystal Palace earlier the planetary break.

"It's uncommon for goalkeepers," Slot said up of the Chelsea game. "At Feyenoord I had the aforesaid with my goalkeeper, getting muscles injuries. We are looking into it and what the reasons are. If you get 1 the chances of different spell up truthful we person tried to beryllium careful.

"But besides it's a bully accidental to explicate again, determination were immoderate things astir maine not disliking 12:30 kick-offs but if you play Wednesday evening, it mightiness beryllium disadvantage to play 12:30pm aft Champions League game...the chances for wounded spell up."

Alisson is inactive sidelined for this weekend’s game, with Caoimhin Kelleher expected to beryllium called upon against Chelsea.

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Mamardashvili sends warning

On the taxable of goalkeepers, Incoming Liverpool prima Giorgi Mamardashvili has warned Alisson that helium has a combat connected his hands to support his starting spot. "I was attracted by the Liverpool task erstwhile the club's representatives met with maine to motion me,” he told Georgian TV’s First Channel.

“I volition combat for the starting goalkeeper position, adjacent if the existent goalkeeper does not permission the team. I americium afloat focused, 100 percent, connected helping my squad support its spot successful La Liga. I volition enactment hard for that. We person not been fortunate with the docket astatine the commencement of the season.

"We person had to play against large teams similar Barcelona, Atlético and Athletic. Now determination are matches coming up successful which we tin instrumentality points. We look to the aboriginal with hope."

Gakpo eyes trophy haul

Cody Gakpo claims that helium and his Liverpool teammates are aiming to ‘win everything’ this season. “Hopefully we tin triumph everything. It’s the commencement of the season, we are successful each competitions ,and erstwhile you enactment successful a contention you enactment to win," Gakpo told Sky Sports when asked for his aims this season.

“So that’s our extremity and I deliberation past play we showed we tin bash it. We were precise adjacent to a batch of things but missed it successful the extremity a small bit, but that gives america anticipation and spot that we cognize we could travel that far.

"So this twelvemonth we are going to propulsion adjacent further. We person a bully group, a batch of quality. We’ve known each different a small spot longer now, truthful yeah, each those things help.”

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