Liverpool substituted Hugo Ekitike early on of their Premier League match towards Brighton & Hove Albion, minutes earlier than Danny Welbeck scored their opening aim
Hugo Ekitike had tears in his eyes whereas strolling off the pitch with Liverpool’s physio Chris Morgan (Picture: TNT Sports activities)
Hugo Ekitike needed to come off injured for Liverpool towards Brighton & Hove Albion after showing to maintain a useless leg. The striker lasted simply 9 minutes earlier than being changed by Curtis Jones, with Arne Slot pressured to reshuffle his line-up.
Ekitike appeared to injure his leg in a problem with long-time Liverpool participant James Milner and after attempting to hold on, he in the end couldn’t proceed. It stays to be seen whether or not the striker will now be a part of up with France subsequent week after being referred to as up for his or her friendlies towards Brazil and Colombia.
Liverpool already began the match with out Mohamed Salah, who got here off quickly after scoring towards Galatasaray on Wednesday, and goalkeeper Alisson. Ekitike was additionally on track towards the Turkish crew, scoring the second to place them forward on combination after being arrange by Salah.
The Reds are additionally nonetheless with out Alexander Isak so Cody Gakpo, who returned to the crew rather than Salah, moved up entrance after Ekitike was substituted. Federico Chiesa and Rio Ngumoha had been additionally choices off the bench, however Slot as a substitute introduced Jones again into the crew.
Slot will present an replace on Ekitike after the match. Talking about Salah in his pre-match press convention on Friday, he mentioned: “It’s uncommon [that Salah is injured], I feel you count on the result, so he isn’t out there for tomorrow.
“The nice factor for us is we go to worldwide break, unhealthy information for Egypt, he cannot go there. We hope that with what Mo has proven up to now, he can get better sooner than different gamers. He takes such excellent care of his physique that he may be again sooner than others, as historical past has proven. Solely two weeks till we go once more.”
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That subsequent match is towards Manchester Metropolis within the FA Cup quarter-finals, 4 days earlier than the primary leg of their Champions League last-16 tie towards Paris Saint-Germain. They return to Premier League motion away to Fulham three days on, earlier than welcoming PSG to Anfield for the second leg.
Liverpool then play Everton within the Merseyside derby and host Crystal Palace in April. The month may additionally function Champions League and FA Cup semi-finals.
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