Slot provides injury updates on Liverpool trio Ekitike, Alisson and Wirtz | OneFootball

Arne Slot has provided an encouraging update on the injury status of Hugo Ekitike.

The striker was forced off in the second half of Liverpool’s 4-1 Champions League defeat to PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday.

But while the Reds boss is unsure whether he will be fit to face West Ham on Sunday, he does not expect him to be sidelined for long.

“Of course today was recovery but they don’t expect it will be a big issue,” he said.

“But games come fast so let’s see for the weekend. It shouldn’t have to be a big issue.”

Goalkeeper Alisson is also expected to come back into the squad after missing the game against PSV, while Florian Wirtz could also return.

“Alisson trained again with the team today so we hope and expect him to be available at the weekend,” Slot said.

“Florian will have his final day of rehab tomorrow so if that all goes well he could train with the team on Saturday.”

Slot also says Joe Gomez is able to start despite his recent fitness problems.

“He could’ve played yesterday (against PSV) but when we are 2-1 down or 3-1 down, I tend to make offensive substitutions,” Slot said.

“For him to start the game was also definitely a possibility but Konate didn’t train two days before the game. He was a bit of a liability two days before and then if you don’t have that many defenders, starting two players who maybe might not be able to play the whole 90, that’s kind of a risk as well so I decided to keep him there (on the bench) if Ibou was injured and not to have to make two substitutions.”