Luis Diaz absent from 22-man coaching squad as Diogo Jota plan defined - Liverpool FC

Neither Luis Diaz nor Diogo Jota had been seen in Liverpool coaching on Thursday, although the Portuguese’s absence from the squad has already been defined.

Forward of their journey to Brentford on Saturday, the Reds had been put via their paces on the AXA Coaching Centre on Thursday for one in every of their last classes.

Captured by the Sky Sports activities cameras, an outfield group of 18 gamers warmed up earlier than tactical preparations continued on the pitches in Kirkby.

Notable of their absence had been each Diaz and Jota, with the pair the one gamers not noticed within the squad apart from the injured Joe Gomez.

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Reporter Vinny O’Connor defined that Jota was taking in particular person work elsewhere as Liverpool handle his health after a collection of setbacks, with no concern over his involvement at Brentford.

However there was no such replace on Diaz, which leaves a query mark over his availability – although, it should be burdened, the winger may merely have joined his teammates after the cameras stopped rolling.

Arne Slot will maintain his pre-match press convention on the coaching floor on Friday morning at 9.15am, throughout which he ought to talk about any health points.

There look like no different issues, nevertheless, with Ibrahima Konate coaching regardless of seen harm to his knee and Darwin Nunez again with the squad after day out throughout his suspension.

The likes of Trey Nyoni, James McConnell and Jayden Danns didn’t participate having began for Liverpool U21s of their 3-1 defeat to Sparta Prague on Wednesday night time.

Slot may make minor adjustments to his beginning lineup from the 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest final day out, with Jota a potential starter rather than Diaz.

That might be a consideration no matter Diaz’s health, with the No. 20 scoring a vital equaliser off the bench after his fellow ahead had toiled up entrance.

One other swap might come at left-back, with Andy Robertson once more struggling towards Forest and Kostas Tsimikas a convincing substitute.

Liverpool’s head coach has typically rotated between Dominik Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones within the No. 10 position, whereas Harvey Elliott has expressed a want to begin there, however the Hungarian is prone to be retained for Saturday.