Trent Alexander-Arnold and Arne Slot of Liverpool (Images by Jan Kruger/Getty Pictures)
Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold is reportedly set for a few weeks out injured with a hamstring drawback.
Nevertheless, one silver lining for Reds followers can be that the England worldwide supposedly prevented even worse harm by going off early within the Aston Villa recreation on the weekend.
Probably the greatest within the PL! Liverpool engaged on bold Van Dijk alternative!
That’s in keeping with Paul Joyce as he posted an replace on X, previously Twitter, this morning, with particulars under…
Trent Alexander-Arnold set to be sidelined for a few weeks with a hamstring harm. Prevented extra critical harm by coming off early towards Aston Villa. Not dominated out of Southampton on Nov 24 forward of Actual Madrid [Nov 27] and Man Metropolis [Dec 1] video games. Extra @TimesSport
— paul joyce (@_pauljoyce) November 11, 2024
Alexander-Arnold would possibly be capable to return for Liverpool for some massive video games towards Southampton, Actual Madrid and Manchester Metropolis, with Joyce noting that he’s not been dominated out of these matches.
Nonetheless, hamstring accidents can take a little bit of time, so we’ll see if LFC actually really feel he’s totally match and out there for these video games, or if it finally ends up being a bit of longer.
Will Liverpool cope with out Trent Alexander-Arnold?
Liverpool have loved an excellent begin to the season below new supervisor Arne Slot, with the Merseyside giants now 5 factors clear on the high of the Premier League desk, whereas they’re additionally flying excessive within the Champions League.
Issues couldn’t actually have gone any higher for Liverpool, who’ve additionally been fairly fortunate with accidents, even when goalkeeper Alisson has been a little bit of a miss.
In contrast, although, Manchester Metropolis have been with out Rodri not too long ago and doubtless can be for the remainder of the season, whereas Arsenal have needed to cope with out Martin Odegaard for a prolonged interval, whereas others like Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice, Jurrien Timber and Riccardo Calafiori have additionally missed a good few video games.
Liverpool have been a bit extra lucky, however they’ll be examined now in the event that they must go on a run of video games with out a participant as vital as Alexander-Arnold.
The 26-year-old is among the finest on the earth in his place and there’s probably not anybody else within the squad who can supply the standard on the ball that he has.
