Arne Slot says if Mo Salah, Alisson and Florian Wirtz can feature for Liverpool vs Chelsea
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Liverpool have a number of injury concerns going into their meeting with Chelsea on Saturday afternoon.Four Reds players missed training earlier this week, joining Alexander Isak, Mohamed Salah and Alisson Becker as doubts for the weekend’s game as a result.Now, Arne Slot has held his pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon and said that both Konate and Florian Wirtz are back in training, but Salah and Alisson won’t play on Saturday. Give us your prediction for Saturday’s lunchtime clash with Chelsea… Liverpool can all but clinch Champions League football with a win.
Photo credit: Getty Images/Liverpool FC Mohamed Salah, Alexander Isak, Alisson and Ibrahima Konate injury latest before ChelseaWith Isak and Salah both missing against Manchester United last time out, the Reds had to deploy a makeshift attack.Hugo Ekitike is also out for the season, so more injuries this weekend would be bad news for the Merseyside outfit.Especially given that Bournemouth are only six points off Liverpool going into gameweek 36, and a defeat in the meeting with Chelsea would open the door for the Cherries to close that gap to just two points.But at least Liverpool should have a chance to welcome back some of their senior talents on May 9.Speaking live to the media on Friday, Slot said: “Alex trained with us yesterday only for the first time. He did parts so hopefully he can do parts, or everything today, and see how much we’re going to use him tomorrow.“Alisson not yet, Giorgi will train with us today for the first time so let’s see how he’s going to react.“Mo’s also not trained with us yet.
But is also like Ali, getting very, very, very close to train with us.”On Wirtz and Konate missing training, he added: “Ibu had a personal reason not to be there, but he was there yesterday and today. And Florian was a bit unwell, but he trained with us yesterday also.”It means we could see Isak make a return to the squad, at least, while Freddie Woodman’s place in the eleven could be under threat if Giorgi Mamardashvili is ready to start.However, fans will still have to wait another week at least before they see Salah in a Liverpool shirt again.Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox