Arne Slot has revealed that Florian Wirtz is playing with a minor hamstring injury ahead of Liverpool’s Premier League match against Fulham.
Wirtz finally scored his first goal for Liverpool in the 2-1 win at home to Wolves last Saturday but the Germany international lasted just 66 minutes in the goalless draw against Leeds United on Thursday night.
Liverpool travel to Craven Cottage to play Fulham on Sunday and speaking after the stalemate against Leeds, Slot revealed that Wirtz has been unable to fully train due to his hamstring injury.
‘It’s a lot to ask for the players who were fit,’ Slot told LFCTV.
‘As you could see today, four players with hardly any playing minutes in the Premier League were on the bench.
‘Florian only trained once this week because two days after the game, he felt his hamstring still a bit.
‘You try to be as careful as you can without ruining your chances of winning the game as much as you can with the schedule coming up because missing out on another one would be an even bigger problem if that’s going to take five, six or seven weeks or longer.
‘The good thing was Cody Gakpo was back after an injury so I could still make a few substitutions still and these players have to do it in the upcoming weeks or months because apart from Joe Gomez, I don’t see a player coming back soon.’
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