Arne Slot confirms Florian Wirtz injury update as 5 Liverpool players to miss Wolves game
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Liverpool IconLiverpool FC NewsFeaturesFlorian WirtzLiverpool head coach Arne Slot has offered the latest update on Florian Wirtz's back injury ahead of his Reds side taking on Wolves in the Premier League on TuesdayLiverpool attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz emerges for a training session.(Image: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)Liverpool will be without Florian Wirtz for its trip to Wolves this week after he sat out matches against Nottingham Forest and West Ham United with a back injury.Arne Slot has confirmed that the German is not ready to return yet, which he expected on Saturday. Wirtz was missed at Anfield but Liverpool will have to do without him once again.
"We hope to have him back next week."With Wirtz absent, Dominik Szoboszlai is likely to play as the most advanced midfielder once again. Conor Bradley and Giovanni Leoni are long-term absentees.Arne Slot during a Liverpool press conference.(Image: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)Without Wirtz there to create chances in open play, Liverpool relied heavily on set-pieces to get over the line last time out."Things went back to normal, mainly because I just said that we’ve created quite a lot of chances in the first half of the season that constantly did not go in, or too many times did not go in with being unlucky," Slot said on Saturday."We were a lot of times very close.
But the biggest reason is that things go back to normal.Get LFC's 2025/26 season home and away kitsThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. And we’re still not only three goals away from them but we’ve closed the gap a little bit."Although you never know what can happen this weekend with Arsenal because I wouldn’t be surprised if they scored three from set-pieces this weekend as well."After Chelsea and Aston Villa lost at the weekend, they play each other on Wednesday.