Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot mentioned the choice to substitute Alexander Isak at half-time of their 5-1 thrashing of Eintracht Frankfurt was as a result of he “felt his groin a bit of bit”.
Slot admitted he’ll “hope for the perfect” after the Swedish striker had to get replaced halfway via the Reds’ Champions League conflict in Germany, which they gained comfortably to finish a run of four-straight defeats.
Hugo Ekitike, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konte, Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai all discovered the web at a rain-soaked Waldstadion after Rasmus Kristensen had given the hosts a Twenty sixth-minute lead.
Slot had made 5 adjustments from the staff that misplaced to rivals Manchester United 2-1 on Sunday, with Mohamed Salah amongst these dropped to the bench.
The change in personnel appeared to repay, nonetheless the removing of their £125m signing gave the Liverpool boss trigger for concern.
“He [Isak] needed to go off at half-time as a result of he felt his groin a bit of bit,” Slot confirmed to TNT Sports activities.
“That’s a pity. It’s such a troublesome steadiness to seek out with a participant who has missed three months.
“You carry him slowly, folks argue to play him longer. Now we play him for the second time in three days and he has to go off. Let’s hope for the perfect.”
It stays to be seen whether or not Isak’s harm is extreme sufficient that he’ll miss the journey to Brentford within the Premier League on Saturday.
However Slot remained in good spirits after what he believes was an essential win.
“We wanted to win,” he mentioned. “What we would have liked extra was one other efficiency that created a load of probabilities but additionally the gamers get their reward, and that’s what occurred right now.
“I noticed a number of similarities to our different video games. The primary likelihood they acquired was a purpose, perhaps their solely likelihood, however it’s simpler to manage a sport if you end up 3-1 up slightly than 1-0 down.
“The principle distinction between this sport and the 4 earlier than was in most of them, the opposite staff scored a set piece however now we had been in a position to rating two.”