Liverpool news: Arne Slot confirms triple injury blow for Brighton game but win predicted

Liverpool volition beryllium missing immoderate cardinal players erstwhile they big Brighton astatine Anfield successful the Premier League connected Saturday, conscionable days aft beating the Seagulls successful the Carabao Cup

Liverpool are preparing to look Brighton for the 2nd clip successful 4 days, with a Premier League lucifer astatine Anfield pursuing adjacent down the triumph connected the southbound coast.

The Reds got the amended of the Seagulls successful a 3-2 triumph successful the Carabao Cup connected Wednesday nighttime and present look the aforesaid opponents again successful a quirk of the fixture list. Arne Slot and his players volition surely cognize what to expect from Brighton, who gave them a bully tally for their wealth contempt Cody Gakpo’s brace sending them into the quarter-finals, wherever they volition look Southampton.

The broadside is apt to beryllium rotated erstwhile again connected Saturday arsenic Liverpool effort to support gait with Manchester City astatine the apical of the Premier League table. Last weekend’s 2-2 draw astatine Arsenal saw City instrumentality a one-point pb and Slot’s broadside can’t spend to instrumentality their ft disconnected the gas.

It won’t beryllium straightforward against a bully Brighton broadside – and they besides person injuries to contend with. Here are the latest headlines from Mirror Football involving the club.

Jota and Alisson ruled out

Liverpool volition beryllium without goalkeeper Alisson and striker Diogo Jota for this weekend’s game. Alisson has missed 4 games with a hamstring injury, portion Jota was injured successful the 2-1 triumph implicit Chelsea recently.

"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," Slot said successful his pre-match property conference. "The information is that they are not determination earlier the planetary interruption and let’s spot if they tin articulation america after."

Liverpool volition besides beryllium without Federico Chiesa, who won’t beryllium disposable until aft the planetary break. The summertime signing has played conscionable doubly for Liverpool truthful acold owed to lingering wounded problems.

Merson backing Reds

Paul Merson thinks Liverpool volition marque it back-to-back wins implicit Brighton this weekend. The erstwhile Arsenal midfielder has submitted his predictions for the Premier League enactment and is backing the Reds for a 3-1 win.

“Liverpool are going on nicely now,” Merson told SportsKeeda. “They had a superb effect successful the cupful against Brighton and I deliberation they triumph again this weekend. Last week against Arsenal, I thought they produced a apical show to travel from down and get a draw.

“I look astatine Brighton and they are 1 of them teams - if they are hot, they're truly blistery but if not, they struggle. This is simply a hard crippled for Liverpool but I inactive expect them to amusement the prime and get the 3 points.”

Slot defends Quansah

Jarell Quansah did not person a bully clip astatine Brighton connected Wednesday night, but helium has received the backing of his manager. Quansah gave the shot distant for Brighton’s archetypal extremity and saw the 2nd 1 deflect disconnected him.

Slot substituted the young defender successful an effort to clasp onto the lead, but is blessed with his performance. “I deliberation Jarell played a precise bully game, the lone contented helium has astatine the infinitesimal is that if helium has a infinitesimal that is not perfect, it instantly leads to a goal,” helium said.

“That’s what happened successful this game. In my sentiment helium was unlucky. I cognize you can't justice and permission those 2 moments retired due to the fact that they were truthful captious towards the result, but helium is getting amended and amended and better, and helium was already truly good.

“For him, it’s that past measurement possibly to make. He has already shown successful the past that helium tin play a crippled without these tiny mistakes. So helium is successful a spot of an unlucky play erstwhile it comes to if helium makes a tiny mistake, it instantly leads to a goal. But if you look astatine his wide performance, I truly liked what I saw.”

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