Arne Slot has confirmed that Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold is ‘match and able to begin’ in opposition to Manchester Metropolis this weekend.
Alexander-Arnold has not featured since sustaining a hamstring harm in opposition to Aston Villa earlier than the worldwide break. The 26-year-old returned to the squad on Wednesday night time however was an unused substitute because the Reds beat Actual Madrid 2-0 within the Champions League.
Liverpool are gentle at right-back after Conor Bradley was withdrawn late on in opposition to Actual Madrid with a hamstring challenge of his personal. Joe Gomez was launched as his substitute. Nonetheless, Slot has alleviated fears over Alexander-Arnold’s situation and stated he is able to play from the beginning on Sunday.
“Trent Alexander-Arnold is match and able to begin in opposition to Man Metropolis,” Slot stated at his pre-match press convention.
On Ibrahima Konate and Bradley, who picked up knocks, he added: “They’re nonetheless being assessed so it’s troublesome to know the place they’re. Let’s wait and see however it’s by no means a very good signal if gamers – Conor I needed to take him off and Ibou didn’t stroll off the pitch as he ought to after such a implausible sport. He ought to have made a spherical and clapped to the followers however sadly he couldn’t in order that’s not a very good signal.”
Liverpool head into the conflict sitting eight factors clear on the prime of the Premier League desk. A win would transfer the Reds 11 away from the Premier League champions, who’re six with out a win in all competitions.
Metropolis blew a three-goal lead to attract with Feyenoord within the Champions League this week, a end result that adopted 5 successive losses. The newest of these defeats noticed the Residents overwhelmed 4-0 by Tottenham Hotspur on the Etihad.
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