Arne Slot provides double Liverpool injury update and admits fears - 'A gut feeling'

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But he was injured in the process following Micky van de Ven’s attempts to slide in and stop him running through on goal.Receiving lengthy treatment on the pitch, Isak was in visible pain as he then limped off supported by two members of Liverpool’s medical team.Speaking after the final whistle, Slot admitted he feared that the striker could be set for a spell on the sidelines but was unable to offer a definitive update on either Isak or Bradley.“I don’t have any news on him,” he conceded. “But if a player scores and then gets injured, and doesn’t come back on the pitch, doesn’t try to come back - which is what Conor Bradley tried to do for example but I had to take him off as well because he couldn’t go on.“But if a player doesn’t even try to come back, that is usually not a good thing.

I haven’t spoken to him about it yet.“It’s a good thing that he scored. Wasn’t perfect today, especially not in the last 10 minutes but in the meantime we pick up points and I see the team developing in a way I want to see.“Let’s not be too negative yet.

“I didn’t want to go down to 10 men for 40 seconds.“I think this is the only country where, if players, they need to go off for 30 seconds. So I adapted to that.“I knew there wasn’t long to play and I thought we struggled a lot with a plus one.