It was a day to overlook for Liverpool on Sunday towards Plymouth Argyle within the FA Cup.
The Reds suffered a shock defeat towards the underside positioned Championship aspect within the FA Cup that resulted of their elimination from the FA Cup.
The defeat has completed Liverpool’s probabilities of profitable the quadruple this season.
Arne Slot’s aspect certified for the ultimate of the Carabao Cup final week after beating Tottenham within the semifinal. Whereas they’ve been spectacular in a single cup competitors, the opposite is now out of their attain.
Reds defender Joe Gomez was injured earlier within the first half of the match towards Plymouth and he was changed by defender Isaac Mabaya simply 11 minutes into the match.
The defender appeared to carry his hamstring after a dash throughout the match.
Following the defeat, the Liverpool supervisor offered an replace on the harm.
‘I’m not too positive. I’m not too positive if it was the identical leg, however I haven’t had time to ask him,’ Slot stated, as reported by Metro.
‘It was clear, I believe everyone knows which second he felt a bit insecure about [it] as a result of he didn’t dash again absolutely.
‘Then he stated, ‘I’m not 100 per cent positive and I’m afraid if I make one additional dash issues will go unsuitable.’
‘It’s not torn I assume, nevertheless it didn’t really feel good for him. That was a little bit of a blow as a result of Curtis Jones was on the bench, however he got here to me this morning and stated, ‘I don’t assume I’m absolutely recovered but’ as effectively after the coaching session of yesterday.
‘That impulsively led to the actual fact we had been with a couple of extra children on the pitch than was the thought earlier than the sport, however nonetheless there was sufficient high quality on the pitch to get a greater consequence than this.’
Liverpool undergo double blow within the FA Cup
Within the subsequent few days, the Reds would discover out extra concerning the harm suffered by Gomez.
It comes as an enormous blow to Slot and the group since they’re combating to win the Premier League and the Champions League and so they want a totally match squad for that.
Liverpool boss rested his key gamers for the FA Cup match towards Plymouth. The likes of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah, Alexis Mac Allister, Virgil Van Dijk and others had been all given relaxation and finally, it proved to be a unsuitable resolution from the Dutch supervisor.
In Liverpool associated information, Van Dijk is making progress in talks with the membership over a brand new deal at Anfield.
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