Liverpool news: Arne Slot handed triple injury blow as Reds icon questions manager

Liverpool and Arsenal person some been handed wounded problems up of the showdown, but the Reds should spell into the clash arsenic flimsy favourites aft their ascendant commencement to the campaign

Liverpool are ramping up preparations for their biggest crippled of the play arsenic they question to the Emirates connected Sunday for a pivotal rubric clash against Arsenal.

The Reds beryllium apical of the Premier League aft 7 wins from 8 games and Arne Slot volition cognize that triumph implicit the Gunners successful northbound London volition unfastened up a important spread betwixt themselves and Mikel Arteta's men.

Both teams person been handed wounded problems up of the showdown, but Liverpool should spell into the clash arsenic flimsy favourites aft their ascendant commencement to the campaign.

Mirror Football has taken a look astatine the large breaking quality and rumours astir Liverpool up of the important match.

Arne Slot without 3 players for Arsenal clash

Slot volition beryllium somewhat acrophobic up of the Arsenal crippled aft confirming Diogo Jota volition beryllium unavailable to look the Gunners, having travel disconnected injured successful their 2-1 triumph implicit Chelsea past week.

Jota is 1 of 3 players that are acceptable to beryllium missing arsenic the Dutchman besides revealed Conor Bradley and Federico Chiesa are not similar to marque the travel to northbound London.

“I deliberation they consciousness good, but not erstwhile it comes to playing for america astatine the weekend,” said Slot erstwhile asked astir the trio’s fitness. "Federico mightiness bid with america contiguous oregon tomorrow, but Diogo decidedly not and Conor Bradley, let’s spot if helium tin beryllium with america tomorrow.”

It means that Slot should proceed with Darwin Nunez arsenic his main striker - having deployed the Uruguayan for victories against Chelsea and RB Leipzig, wherever helium scored the winner.

Andy Carroll opens up connected Liverpool move

Andy Carroll volition spell down arsenic 1 of Liverpool's large transportation flops aft failing to marque an interaction pursuing his £35million power from Newcastle successful 2011.

The towering guardant arrived astatine Anfield with immense expectations aft firing successful 11 goals successful the archetypal fractional of the 2010-11 season, coming successful arsenic a nonstop replacement for the outgoing Fernando Torres, but helium lone managed 11 goals successful 58 appearances for the Reds.

Carroll, who present plays successful the 4th tier of French shot with precocious relegated Bordeaux, has spoken astir the unit helium faced aft arriving astatine Liverpool - but insisted helium had "no regrets".

He told the Athletic: "When I went to Liverpool, evidently the interest and everything… I was inactive lone 21, had ne'er near Newcastle, was told to battalion up my beingness and spell crossed there, and past it didn’t commencement well. The media were a batch antithetic and I was successful the spotlight connected a grander scale.

“Would I alternatively person stayed astatine Newcastle? All time long, it’s my hometown club. But I don’t regret going to Liverpool, I don’t regret anything. It turned maine into who I am, it made maine stronger. I wouldn’t alteration anything.”

Souness questions Slot tactics

It's just to accidental astir Liverpool fans are implicit the satellite with Arne Slot's interaction astatine Liverpool aft taking connected the unenviable task of replacing Jurgen Klopp - but nine fable Graeme Souness has taken a cautious attack towards the Dutchman.

While things are going rosy for Slot and his team, ex-Liverpool brag Souness has questioned however the manager would accommodate to a tally of defeats - and besides took contented with immoderate antiaircraft displays which are "not the Liverpool way".

He insisted Slot's Liverpool had not convinced him yet truthful acold this play and believes Manchester City and Arsenal were up of them arsenic things stood.

Souness added: "Slot has made a fantastic commencement and I deliberation his absorption volition beryllium enjoyed by the players. But we indispensable retrieve that they're winning games astatine the moment. His problems volition commencement erstwhile they commencement to suffer a fewer games and I warrant that, sooner alternatively than later, you volition spot a precise antithetic Arne Slot.

"He closed retired the crippled against Chelsea and it was little exciting, which is not the Liverpool way. But arsenic agelong arsenic you're winning portion you bash that, you'll get plaudits.

"When you don't win, that's erstwhile radical commencement saying, 'That's not the Liverpool way', and each the different cliches volition beryllium trotted out."

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