Arne Slot has revealed Alexander Isak suffered a groin injury in Liverpool’s Champions League victory over Eintracht Frankfurt.
Liverpool’s club-record signing started in Germany but did not come back out with his team-mates at the half-time interval.
The Premier League champions were already 3-1 by that stage and fans were wondering if Slot had removed Isak for tactical reasons following another subdued performance from the ex-Newcastle United striker.
But Slot confirmed in his post-match press conference that Isak’s withdrawal was out of necessity due to a groin problem that could rule him out of Saturday’s clash with Brentford.
‘Unfortunately Alex didn’t score before he had to go off at half-time because he felt his groin a little bit,’ Slot said following the emphatic 5-1 victory.
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‘So that’s a pity. It’s such a difficult balance to find for a player who was out for three months.
‘You bring him in slowly but people argue you need to play them more or for longer and now we’ve played him for the second time in three days and unfortunately he had to go off so let’s hope for the best.
‘It’s not an easy balance to find when a player has been out for so long.’
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