Liverpool were eliminated out of the Champions League at the hands of PSG and also had to deal with two players being withdrawn through injury.
Speaking about the fitness of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Ibou Konate, Arne Slot addressed the media after the game and said (via liverpoolfc.com): “I have to ask but for me Ibou was more that he was tired than it was an injury.
“With Trent, he had to come off. That’s never a good sign.
“And from what I heard from people that saw the images or how he got injured, that didn’t look very good.
“So I would be surprised if he is available for Sunday.”
It’s a worry that both are not certain to be involved for the Carabao Cup final, especially given our problems at right back at present.
Trent Alexander-Arnold looks set to miss Sunday’s cup final
Our head coach said that it felt ‘unfair’ to be eliminated in the way that we did and ending the match with Jarell Quansah and Wataru Endo as part of our back four, perhaps summed this up best.
With Conor Bradley and Joe Gomez out too, it seems highly likely we will be playing at Wembley with an inexperienced player on the right side of our defence.
However, our back line was probably the strongest part of squad against PSG and we actually needed more from those up top to stand a chance of beating Luis Enrique’s side.
With Darwin Nunez receiving a 1/10 rating for his performance, that perhaps further demonstrates why we were knocked out of Europe.
The boss reflected fondly on what was a brilliant effort in the Champions League this season and with the Premier League title race looking so favourable, it’s now all about Sunday.
If Liverpool can win the Carabao Cup, it allows all the players an opportunity to celebrate what they’ve done so far, before then resetting and resting before the conclusion of the campaign.
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Stop blaming Nunez for our cup exit, instead look to the team as a whole. Something is wrong if, at Anfield, we can’t score even 1 goal. We all know penalties are a lottery; it should never have got to that stage. The whole team must take responsibility, not just pin the blame on 1 player!!! Get real.
Right? Our attack didn’t score a single goal against PSG in two legs. Nunez is not to blame, he made the difference in the first game.
But unfortunately, i can’t trust Jota, Diaz or Nunez to be good options when it come to goals, Diaz can move but is never a threat. I’d sell the 3 of them and and bring better options, and keep Gakpo and Salah,
I gotta pin some blame on Arne slot for favouritism that costed us heavily because for some crazy reason,slot brings on an unfit and clearly fatigued Cody Gakpo whose presence was not felt during the match,Federico Chiesa was fit and we saw how passionate he is to be playing for Liverpool even if he’s on the bench.But he picks Cody over Gakpo that clearly shows that Arne slot was playing favourite during an important match,I know Cody is a good player but to miss out almost a whole months of training to train the day before the match and you expect him to be at His best form.
On Sunday I hope to see Chiesa start as clearly everytime I watch Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez who both clearly have no confidence in their shooting ability as they both hesitate ,and anytime they do take a Shot ,it’s not ending in the back of the net.I’d say give Chiesa a chance because Chiesa has not started with the main squad,so we can’t judge his performance now because Chiesa only started with the B-team or substitute team,so it’s not the same
I thought Salah would’ve scored against PSV if he started with that team because the midfielders was made up of mainly inexperienced young players so no Salah would not have scored without assist from Trent or Dominik or Macca in that match while Chiesa was clearly trying to carry the team himself because most players were inexperienced,same as the Plymouth match,it’s the same situation,you can’t give Chiesa a team made up of U21 players and expect him to deliver,it’s the same situation with Messi currently in MLS ,he’s playing with a team that barely has top tier players.
So GIVE CHIESA SOME MINUTES SLOT
WE SIGN PLAYERS BECAUSE WE THINK THEY CAN ADD SOMETHING TO THE TEAM,SO LETS GIVE CHIESA THAT CHANCE PLEASE!!!
IF NOT WHAT WAS THE POINT OF SIGNING HIM!?!?