Every word Arne Slot said on huge Alisson injury blow, Alexander Isak return, and Mohamed Salah

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We will make sure we do the right thing in terms of building him up in minutes, but it’s a very good thing to have him on the training ground again. It’s a difficult one, because we don’t play a normal game.Alexander Isak could make his Liverpool return against Manchester City(Image: Getty Images)"What I mean is, it could go to extra-time, so that makes it even more complicated if you bring him in, if we think he can only play 10 minutes — if we already think this — and you bring him in 10 minutes before the end and then you go to extra-time... of course, you can take him off again if we have enough players available to bring another player in."So, yeah, maybe a few minutes but let’s wait and see how it is with him today, how he feels about it himself.

Every time after a good game, we play 3 days after Real Madrid and that has been the biggest problem this season; so many games, the biggest issue for this team."We've shown we have quality players but the amount of games is the biggest issue, so it is interesting to see where we are. I won't be sure he can't do that again but hopefully we learn from that."It's not always about Doku, it is the environment, if it's 1v1 then he is one of the best out there, that is a big quality for a team.

That can make a difference against low block defenses, we have to make sure he is not as isolated against our defenders as he was in the last game."Sometimes he was not always on 1v1, sometimes he had the full-back to support him. But he was one of the players I referred to about the Brighton game, I think in the second half you could see that he still has a step to make in terms of [playing] every three days.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.