Arne Slot provided an update on the injury sustained by Trent Alexander-Arnold during Liverpool’s 2-0 victory over Aston Villa on Saturday evening.
Alexander-Arnold was substituted in the 25th minute at Anfield after picking up an issue.
He will now undergo further assessment by the club’s medical team.
“It’s difficult to say how serious it is, but it’s always serious if a player goes out in the first half,” Slot told his post-match press conference.
“Not because I didn’t like him, but because he asked for it himself.
“He didn’t ask for it because he was tired, he asked for it because he felt something.
“That’s first of all not a good sign, but it is always difficult so close after the game to tell you exactly what it is. Let’s wait and see.
“I would be surprised if we will see him playing for the England national team this week, but hopefully he can.”
The Reds have strengthened their lead at the top of the league table following the win over Villa.
Liverpool are now five points ahead of defending champions Manchester City and 10 adrift of Arsenal who face Chelsea on Sunday.
Arne Slot added: “We did put effort in defending them from scoring because that was also today – not in general, but today – that was their main threat in my opinion, their set-pieces, so we had to do a lot to prevent them from scoring and one or two times we needed our goalkeeper for that.
“And then these counter-breaks had nothing to do with what we do on the training ground or what we tell them before: that is pure quality and purely what the players come up with in these transition moments.
“For us, it’s about preventing the other team from scoring but for the ones that have been here for so many years it’s not going to be a complete surprise because it happened before I think.”
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