Arne Slot has provided an injury update on Alexis Mac Allister after the midfielder was left out of Liverpool's win over Newcastle on Monday.
After taking a two-goal lead at St James' Park, the Reds looked set to be leaving the North East with just a point before 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha stepped up off the bench to net a dramatic stoppage-time winner.
The result sees Liverpool maintain their perfect start to the campaign as they look to make a successful defence of their Premier League title.
Mac Allister was integral to last year's triumph and Liverpool fans will no doubt be sweating over the possibility of being without the midfielder, who joined the club from Brighton in 2023.
Slot though, insisted he is optimistic that the Argentina international will soon return to the fold.
'We are hoping, yeah,' the Liverpool boss said.
'He had to leave the training pitch two days ago. And that would not have been the biggest problem if he had a proper pre-season.
'But he missed out for so many weeks and there's a reason why he goes inside because he probably feels something.'
'That is the difficult balance to make for the players who have not had a proper pre-season. Because that is where you bring the base throughout the whole season.
'And these intensity levels, we faced last week (against Bournemouth) and this (at Newcastle) topped it up ten times I think.'
Mac Allister endured a disrupted pre-season after struggling with injury towards the back-end of Liverpool's title-winning campaign.
The Reds play host to Arsenal on Sunday and Slot added that he is hopeful that Mac Allister will be fit to be involved against the Gunners at Anfield.
He continued: 'You need to be so, so fit.
'Then it is a risk if you bring a player who didn't have a proper pre-season, in this environment, with such a long season to go, it was too much of a risk for me.
'But I am hoping, I am hoping things improve in the next one or two days so he is available for Sunday.'
Feaalpruyz
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This Slot don't like American though they are best player. Curtis Jong is useless player but he was Slot favouritsm. Mac Alister is better than him but this crazy Slot is useless manager
i think u dont understand what u read right? or maybe u just another stupid fans..
Feaalpruyz
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be careful.. some club maybe want we players got serious injury to make we lost momentum..
cidadektyz
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This Slot don't like American though they are best player. Curtis Jong is useless player but he was Slot favouritsm. Mac Alister is better than him but this crazy Slot is useless manager
😁i wonder if some you even know what you wright… wtf u talkx abt bruh… did you even read the headline..?😂damn
cidadektyz
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with Slot this season if we finish in top I wil be surprised ...we need a very solid nr 6 ... Sarah must be substituted n fight for his position to improve or he must be injured n go rest for 1 month .Rio must be given last 20 minutes of evry game from now on and Kerkez is no better than Robertson
Who even gave you a phone to type this..?
lakexyd
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with Slot this season if we finish in top I wil be surprised ...we need a very solid nr 6 ... Sarah must be substituted n fight for his position to improve or he must be injured n go rest for 1 month .Rio must be given last 20 minutes of evry game from now on and Kerkez is no better than Robertson
thank God u are not the coach if not we won't win that match, if the coach substitute salah as u claimed the third go would not happen
lakexyd
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with Slot this season if we finish in top I wil be surprised ...we need a very solid nr 6 ... Sarah must be substituted n fight for his position to improve or he must be injured n go rest for 1 month .Rio must be given last 20 minutes of evry game from now on and Kerkez is no better than Robertson
yall said the same thing last season especially when we lost to Nottingham Forrest and boom we won the league when we were not even for one person think we can make top 4.......if u truly a Liverpool fan no negative talk just follow the process and if u can't unfollow us
momenhuda
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This Slot don't like American though they are best player. Curtis Jong is useless player but he was Slot favouritsm. Mac Alister is better than him but this crazy Slot is useless manager
Injury is the matter, who better doesnt matter.
Sonbkmnouy
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This Slot don't like American though they are best player. Curtis Jong is useless player but he was Slot favouritsm. Mac Alister is better than him but this crazy Slot is useless manager
you are not responsible at all
Zawdilmnpz
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with Slot this season if we finish in top I wil be surprised ...we need a very solid nr 6 ... Sarah must be substituted n fight for his position to improve or he must be injured n go rest for 1 month .Rio must be given last 20 minutes of evry game from now on and Kerkez is no better than Robertson
The_Alpha13
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With your comments one can feel you never played soccer and dont understand soccer in General
he probably played football.
raeaostyz
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This Slot don't like American though they are best player. Curtis Jong is useless player but he was Slot favouritsm. Mac Alister is better than him but this crazy Slot is useless manager
What is this uselessness I'm reading?
Lanelmptz
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This Slot don't like American though they are best player. Curtis Jong is useless player but he was Slot favouritsm. Mac Alister is better than him but this crazy Slot is useless manager
Will you be happy if he Slot force Mac Allister to play and his fitness problem worsen?
Becabdein
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With your comments one can feel you never played soccer and dont understand soccer in General
foabdeprty
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This Slot don't like American though they are best player. Curtis Jong is useless player but he was Slot favouritsm. Mac Alister is better than him but this crazy Slot is useless manager
y a u crying
wewabelru
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This Slot don't like American though they are best player. Curtis Jong is useless player but he was Slot favouritsm. Mac Alister is better than him but this crazy Slot is useless manager