Arne Slot is awaiting further details regarding the injuries sustained by Conor Bradley and Ibrahima Konate during Liverpool’s 2-0 victory over Real Madrid on Wednesday night.
Both players were standout performers in the match, but they picked up injuries in the second half.
The duo (Conor Bradley and Ibrahima Konate) will undergo assessment by Liverpool’s medical team ahead of Sunday’s crucial clash with Manchester City.
Asked if he knew the extent of the injuries, Slot said in his post-match press conference: “No, not yet. I know where they have pain, but how bad or how good it is difficult to judge so close after the game.
“This is what happens during a season. We missed Trent [Alexander-Arnold] today, we missed [Diogo] Jota today, we missed Alisson [Becker] today.
“We didn’t miss Trent because he was on the bench, but he couldn’t play from the start, but Kostas [Tsimikas] we missed.
“This happens through a season. I am really hoping both of them are available to play because we want them all available, but if not someone else has to step up and until now this season everybody that I [have] selected to start has shown up.
“That’s also what is going to happen on Sunday, if they can play but also if they can’t play then other ones will step up.”
On the win over Real Madrid, Arne Slot added: “I liked a lot what I saw. Of course not everything. I think we controlled the first half with creating a few chances, but I also thought we were still a bit sloppy, so we lost the ball in very easy situations or we forced it a bit too much. I said, ‘Try to be even more patient, let the gaps open up instead of forcing them.’
“Then it helps if, the first seven minutes after half-time I think we had total dominance, they even didn’t come across the halfway line. If you score a goal like this, then we were flying, if you want to put it like this.”
“I think it’s always good to win a game, and especially a big game like this because you know you face so many quality players.
“For me, it would even mean more if we go into the later stages of the tournament because this is such a strange and different set-up in the Champions League that it’s difficult to judge how important these wins are.
“If we arrive in the last 16 or the quarter-finals or wherever we can arrive to and we face them again and then we are able to beat them, that would be maybe a bigger statement than this.
“But we are definitely happy with the win, let that be clear.”
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