LIVERPOOL (AP) – Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold hasn’t returned to team training yet after of a hamstring injury and could miss next week’s Champions League game against Real Madrid, Manager Arne Slot said yesterday.
The England international was ruled out for tomorrow’s Premier League match at last-place Southampton. He was substituted off in the 25th minute of Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Aston Villa on November 9.
Liverpool, which sits atop the standings in both competitions, expects to be without goalkeeper Alisson Becker and forward Diogo Jota at least through the Madrid game on Wednesday at Anfield.
At a news conference, Slot was asked about the trio’s availability for both midweek and next Sunday’s showdown with title rival Manchester City.
“The last few days of recovery are always the ones that are the most tricky because then they have to go from isolated training sessions to where it’s a group training session, and that is always the most difficult one,” Slot said. “It’s difficult to judge now and to tell you now it’s going to be one, two, three days or a bit longer. The only thing I can say is that with Alisson and with Jota, I don’t expect them to be available for that game. With Trent, it’s going to be in between.”
Alexander-Arnold will be training with the full team “soon”, the manager said.
