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Liverpool rocked by Florian Wirtz damage as Arne Slot pressured into late Forest change

Liverpool midfielder Florian Wirtz was dominated out of the Reds’ Premier League conflict towards Nottingham Forest after struggling an damage within the warm-up.

Florian Wirtz picked up an damage within the Liverpool warm-up. (Picture: Getty Pictures) This text incorporates affiliate hyperlinks, we’ll obtain a fee on any gross sales we generate from it. Be taught extra

An damage to Florian Wirtz pressured a last-minute change to Liverpool’s beginning line-up towards Nottingham Forest. The 23-year-old Wirtz is believed to have sustained a muscle damage through the warm-up, prompting Arne Slot to usher in Curtis Jones as his alternative.

The German’s absence exacerbates Liverpool’s present damage considerations. Wirtz joins a rising checklist of sidelined gamers, together with Alexander Isak, Jeremie Frimpong, Wataru Endo, Conor Bradley and Giovanni Leoni. Slot is predicted to supply an replace on the midfielder’s situation after the match. Wirtz’s damage comes simply as he was discovering his ft in a Liverpool shirt, after a gradual begin at Anfield after his £116million switch final summer time.

The ex-Bayer Leverkusen ace has scored six targets and offered three assists in his final 14 appearances. Wirtz was distinctive in Liverpool’s most up-to-date Premier League match, the place he shone brightly to assist the Reds safe a hard-earned 1-0 victory away at Sunderland.

“So, let’s examine. It was a tough recreation for us to start with of the season – though, once more, I’ll say the identical in that the primary half-hour was very, superb from us, [with] probability after probability after which we conceded a set-piece and the sport went fully the alternative manner.

“So, we all know what we will count on if we play Forest as a result of I’ve performed them thrice already.”

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