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Arne Slot faces main Liverpool headache vs Qarabag as duo miss coaching

Liverpool boss Arne Slot was with out Joe Gomez and Ibrahima Konate throughout Tuesday’s coaching session.

Arne Slot has some robust choices to make vs Qarabag (Picture: Getty Photographs)

Liverpool boss Arne Slot faces a possible choice dilemma forward of Wednesday’s Champions League encounter with Qarabag after Ibrahima Konate and Joe Gomez had been each lacking from Tuesday’s coaching session on the AXA Coaching Centre in Kirkby. The Reds want victory of their remaining opening stage fixture at Anfield to safe a top-eight end and automated qualification to the final 16.

Gomez was pressured off within the opening 45 minutes of Saturday’s 3-2 Premier League loss at Bournemouth after sustaining a hip harm in a collision with goalkeeper Alisson Becker while attempting to stop Evanilson’s opening aim. Konate, in the meantime, has been sidelined for Liverpool’s earlier two matches and continues to be on compassionate depart following his father’s passing.

With teenager Giovanni Leoni dominated out for the marketing campaign after present process ACL surgical procedure, Virgil van Dijk was the only real match senior centre-back on the coaching floor.

Wataru Endo was launched from the substitutes’ bench at Bournemouth to associate Van Dijk for many of the match and is now in line to deputise as soon as extra, while Andy Robertson represents one other potential different. Wellity Fortunate’s long-term harm means he is not going to make his Champions League debut.

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Nonetheless, there was some encouraging harm information for Reds supervisor Arne Slot as Federico Chiesa participated within the session having sat out the final two fixtures after pulling up in the course of the warm-up forward of final week’s Champions League tie at Marseille.

Conor Bradley and Alexander Isak had been nonetheless unavailable as they proceed their restoration from long-term accidents.

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