Liverpool news: Reds handed injury update as title rival sends Arne Slot message

Arne Slot's Liverpool person a accidental to determination 9 points wide astatine the apical of the Premier League array with a triumph astatine Everton connected Wednesday and the manager has provided an update

Liverpool instrumentality connected Everton connected Wednesday successful the comparatively uncommon presumption of having mislaid their erstwhile match.

Arne Slot made a fig of changes for Sunday's FA Cup travel to Plymouth, and the gamble didn't wage off. Ryan Hardie's punishment was the lone extremity of the crippled astatine Home Park, ending immoderate hopes Slot whitethorn person had of ending the play with a quadruple.

Liverpool are inactive successful a precise srong presumption successful the different 3 competitions, though. They're into the last of the Carabao Cup and the past 16 of the Champions League, portion triumph successful Wednesday's crippled successful manus astatine Goodison Park could instrumentality them 9 points wide astatine the apical of the Premier League.

A fewer elder stars tin expect to instrumentality for the derby, but Slot's squad won't beryllium astatine afloat strength. Here's Mirror Football's latest from Anfield, including immoderate wounded updates.

Alexander-Arnold and Gomez wounded latest

Liverpool centre-back Joe Gomez won't beryllium progressive against Everton connected Wednesday, but right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold could feature. Gomez was forced disconnected aboriginal against Plymouth connected Sunday, portion Alexander-Arnold hasn't played since failing to decorativeness the caller league triumph astatine Plymouth.

"Trent has done parts of grooming sessions with america yesterday. Let's spot however helium is today," Slot told reporters up of the midweek game. "Joe, it's the aforesaid limb helium had the wounded past time. We are inactive assessing that."

Opponents Everton are dealing with a fig of wounded issues of their own. Among those missing are Dwight McNeil and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, with the erstwhile undergoing insignificant country aft being retired of committee since earlier the crook of the year.

Slot's absorption to Plymouth defeat

Arne Slot doesn't see the cupful exit astatine Plymouth to beryllium a blessing successful disguise, contempt immoderate fans welcoming an accidental to absorption much connected the league and Champions League. “It should person interaction due to the fact that if you are moving astatine a nine similar this you should vie for each trophy, we've said this from the start, and truthful to spell retired astatine the 2nd occasion, to suffer against Plymouth is not acceptable," the Dutchman said.

“Us arsenic a team, and I deliberation our fans are disappointed, by that result. Now we person to amusement a antithetic broadside of america time due to the fact that it wasn’t lone the effect but the show was acold from what Liverpool's standards are arsenic well.”

Will Liverpool retrieve from their cupful exit n the Merseyside Derby? Have your accidental successful the comments conception

Liverpool's cupful conquerors volition present look Manchester City successful the 5th circular of the FA Cup, with the gully taking spot connected Monday. There are respective all-Premier League ties, including Manchester United vs Fulham successful a repetition of a bad-tempered 2023 quarter-final.

Arsenal prima fires informing to Reds

Arsenal are inactive playing catch-up successful the Premier League rubric race, but Gunners prima Declan Rice expects them to spell the distance. Mikel Arteta's men were pipped to the rubric connected the last time past season, but look a travel to Anfield during the run-in which could person a large portion to play.

"There's inactive a truly agelong mode to go," England planetary Rice told Sky Sports. "The manager said successful a property league the different week, nary substance what, the lone happening we tin interest astir is ourselves.

"But astatine the extremity of the season, we volition beryllium there. We tin lone support believing successful what we judge in, enactment connected what we're moving connected and person afloat spot successful the manager, players and everyone astir america that we tin execute large things. It's down to america to get that implicit the line. Big things are coming. We request to enactment affirmative and support going."

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