FRANKFURT, Germany — Arne Slot stated he hopes Alexander Isak “is not out for a number of weeks” after the Liverpool coach admitted issues over the £125 million ($167 million) ahead’s health following a groin damage throughout Wednesday’s 5-1 Champions League win in opposition to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Liverpool emphatically ended their four-game shedding streak in opposition to the Bundesliga facet in Germany, however a hamstring damage sustained by Jeremie Frimpong and Isak’s groin setback took the gloss off the win for the Premier League champions.
Isak’s wrestle for kind and health continued, nonetheless, with the previous Newcastle striker having an unproductive 45 minutes earlier than being changed on the interval by Federico Chiesa.
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And after barely coaching through the summer time due to his standoff with Newcastle over his switch to Liverpool, Slot stated that Isak’s health is turning into a fear.
“Alex needed to go off at halftime and that is not one thing you ask for,” Slot stated. “He felt his groin, so let’s hope it is not too unhealthy.
“I am hoping that this does not need to be that unhealthy as a result of if he can be out now for a number of weeks, that may throw him again or put him again. I do not know how one can say it.
“But it surely’s the tough stability we have been having with him. When he got here, he hardly had educated.
“You attempt to put together gamers for once-a-week soccer, however if you’re Liverpool and also you play each three days, or usually 3 times in eight days, then you definately attempt to put together them for that program, which isn’t at all times really easy if you do not have preseason. So that is what we tried to do.
“He missed out on preseason and did not practice for a very long time with the crew.”
Slot stated that Isak was match to play in opposition to Frankfurt — “I would not have performed him if he wasn’t” — however he admitted that Liverpool are discovering it tough to get the 26-year-old totally match after his disrupted summer time.
“He got here within the first of September,” Slot stated. “We needed to deliver him to us as soon as every week and now we have tried to deliver him to us twice every week, which he did for the nationwide crew [Sweden].
“He was completely match when he got here again from the nationwide crew and he was completely match earlier than the [Manchester] United sport, so we have been anticipating him to be able to play once more at this time, which he did, however he felt his groin somewhat bit.
“I believe we did precisely what was wanted. We have been actually cautious with him. The Swedish nationwide crew as nicely.
“They performed him twice final time, which he might do, so I am not criticizing in any respect the Swedish nationwide crew, as a result of we truly informed them that he is able to play twice.
“So it is a skinny stability should you missed out on preseason. Some march by means of it and a few sadly get injured once more.”
