Few, if any, believe Liverpool will miss out on the Premier League title, 12 points ahead of Arsenal with 9 games left in the season. However, there were also not many who thought Liverpool would give up the 0-1 advantage over PSG from Paris in the second leg at Anfield. Nor were there many outside Newcastle who thought England’s best club this season would give up the League Cup title at Wembley. So when two new injuries are reported for Arne Slot, we understand that this is still not completely over.
Arne Slot surely appreciated a break after the two sour defeats in the Champions League and League Cup final, but the Liverpool manager knows very well that with the best players out on international duty, he doesn’t know who he can start with on April 2 in the Merseyside derby against Everton.
Already in the first round of international matches, the message ticked in to Slot that the world’s best goalkeeper was injured, as was his French centre-back giant.
Ibrahima Konate had to be substituted at half-time in the match between France and Croatia, the French Football Federation described the reason as a bang.
On Friday night, it was Alisson Becker who had to leave the pitch before full-time after an incident with Davinson Sanches, in which Alisson received a blow to the head.
The extent of the injuries to the two Liverpool players is not known, but when this is added to the fact that Ryan Gravenberch had to return home from the national team training earlier in the week, this is sure to cause concern among Liverpool supporters.
It should not be possible to lose the Premier League title, but even Liverpool will need to have the very best players on the pitch to continue their winning streak in the coming months.
This is actually not quite over.
