
Diogo Jota of Liverpool during a training session at AXA Training Centre on October 18, 2024 in Kirkby, England.
Liverpool forward Diogo Jota is a major doubt for Sunday’s Premier League clash with Arsenal after being forced off during last weekend’s 2-1 win over Chelsea at Anfield.
The Portugal international was hauled down by Tosin Adarabioyo early in the first half and received treatment before carrying on.
However, he was still feeling the effects of the knock and was withdrawn after 30 minutes and replaced by Darwin Nunez.
The Reds travel to RB Leipzig in the Champions League on Wednesday night and manager Arne Slot has said it is highly unlikely the forward will be involved in Germany, an admission that puts his involvment against the Gunners a few days later in doubt. Slot said: “Diogo had to be substituted and I am not sure what it is, but I’d be surprised if he is there on Wednesday.”
Conor Bradley was absent against Chelsea despite playing for Northern Ireland twice over the international break while Trent Alexander-Arnold and Alexis Mac Allister were doubts in the lead up to last weekend’s contest but both featured against the Blues. It is unclear how long Bradley will be out for and if he will be fit to face Arsenal next weekend.
Slot added: “I have a lot of confidence in this team, but you also saw today – after the international break – that we have some problems.
Conor Bradley is not in; Trent [Alexander-Arnold], you probably don’t know, was also not training in the first days after he came back, so he was a bit of a doubt before we started the game. [And] then we had Macca [Alexis Mac Allister] being sick.”
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