""He had to go off at half-time because he felt his groin a little bit," Slot told TNT Sports afterwards. "That is a pity but it is such a difficult balance to find with a player who missed out three months. "You bring them slowly and sometimes people argue saying 'you cannot play him more or longer' and now we've played him for the second time in three days and unfortunately he had to go off. "Let's hope for the best.""
"It was a night of bold calls for Liverpool boss Arne Slot in the Champions League on Wednesday, particularly on the back of four successive losses. With the Reds out of form and desperate for a win, Slot opted to bench the talismanic Mohamed Salah against Eintracht Frankfurt and also experiment with a change in formation. The most interesting aspect of that change was the decision to start British record signing Alexander Isak alongside the in-form Huge Ekitike for the first time."
Liverpool ended a four-match losing run with a 5-1 Champions League victory over Eintracht Frankfurt after manager Arne Slot benched Mohamed Salah and paired Alexander Isak with Huge Ekitike in the starting lineup. Ekitike scored against his former club. Slot shifted to a 4-4-2 shape that allowed the team to press and defend cohesively out of possession. Isak exited at half-time with a groin complaint after returning from a three-month absence. Right-back Jeremie Frimpong sustained a hamstring injury and will be sidelined for a few weeks.
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