Liverpool still have Ibrahima Konate injury concern as defender misses training

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I don't have any additional information," he said earlier this week. Otherwise, he wouldn't have come."The observation is that for the vast majority, they arrive tired.

I will have to spread out the playing time more than in September. They are all fit to play."Konate was withdrawn after 56 minutes during Liverpool's 2-1 defeat to Chelsea on Saturday, with manager Arne Slot subsequently confirming the substitution was injury-related.Ibrahima Konate is still dealing with an injury (Image: Getty Images)"I don't know if it's a big injury, but I do know that he limped," the Dutchman explained.

"And I asked him, and he said; 'I feel my quad a little bit'."But for me all alarm bells go off because in another sprint then you never know if that is going to go good, so it was already a substitution I had in mind for maybe a little bit later, because the right centre-back has a lot of ball possession, and we all know that Ryan (Gravenberch) is good in there."So it might be okay and he went off early enough, but it was clear that I had to take him off because he was limping."The Reds will resume their campaign following the international break when they welcome Manchester United to Anfield on Sunday October 19. Read next Invalid emailWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you.