"Liverpool's injury concerns deepened after centre-back Ibrahima Konate was substituted during the 2-1 defeat at Chelsea, leaving Arne Slot with another selection headache as the Reds search for answers. The French defender's early exit, described by Slot as the player feeling his quad a little bit and noticeably limping, raises fresh doubts over Liverpool's defensive depth at a time when the squad is already thin in central defense."
"I don't know if it is a big injury, but what I do know is he limped a little bit and when I asked him he said he felt his quad a little bit. Then, for me, all alarm bells go off because in another sprint you never know if that is going to go good. It was also already a substitution I had in mind, maybe for a few minutes or a little bit later,"
Ibrahima Konaté was substituted in the 2-1 defeat at Chelsea after he limped and reported a twinge in his quad. Manager Arne Slot removed Konaté as a precaution to avoid turning a minor niggle into a more serious issue and because a change had tactical merit given possession patterns. The exit compounds Liverpool's defensive fragility amid an already thin centre-back group and other absences, including the missing first-choice goalkeeper. The match ended with a stoppage-time winner and continues a sequence of narrow defeats, intensifying selection headaches and defensive concerns.
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