Liverpool’s pre-season pleasant win over Actual Betis on Friday night time was barely tempered by an harm to Curtis Jones which compelled him off the pitch after half an hour.
His withdrawal gave Trey Nyoni the platform to deliver a standout performance in Pittsburgh, and the encouraging information for Reds followers is that, whereas Arne Slot was largely coy on the 23-year-old’s setback, the choice was precautionary and it’s hoped that our quantity 17 will nonetheless play an element within the U.S. tour.
When requested in regards to the severity of the difficulty, the top coach informed liverpoolfc.com: “I believe it’s too early to inform. He possibly might have performed on, however I believe possibly you could possibly see he was not at 100 per cent.
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“In a pleasant sport, with so many days developing in our tour, it was greatest to take him off. Hopefully he can recuperate actually quick, however we’ve to attend and see. We hope he recovers actually quick so we will see him within the subsequent few video games.
“It’s at all times a pity if he has to exit after 25 minutes, half an hour. And earlier than that you could possibly see that he was not fully free. It was unlucky as a result of he had two actually good weeks in the course of the coaching classes so I seemed ahead to seeing him within the sport, however sadly he needed to exit.”
Nevertheless, Slot pointed to Nyoni’s very good show as a constructive offshot from Jones’ harm concern, saying: “The advantage of that was that we introduced somebody [on] that impressed me within the 45 minutes to an hour he performed afterwards. That was the constructive factor of Curtis going out for Trey, however in fact for Curtis it’s a pity that he couldn’t play on.”
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When Liverpool followers noticed Jones disappearing down the tunnel in discomfort after the first-half drinks break, they may’ve been forgiven for pondering ‘right here we go once more’ after final season was ravaged by accidents for the Reds.
The midfielder had his personal points throughout that marketing campaign, with an ankle problem sidelining him for six weeks in the course of the spring, however fortunately it sounds from Slot’s post-match feedback that the 23-year-old hasn’t shipped a severe blow.
Hopefully he can play some half towards Arsenal and Manchester United within the subsequent few days, however in any case the top coach will certainly be keen to present Nyoni loads of minutes and provide him the platform to construct upon his great show in Pittsburgh.
Having spoken so positively in regards to the Dutchman’s strategies in the course of the first month of pre-season and the way it suits his greatest attributes, Jones should fancy nailing down a set beginning position for Liverpool within the upcoming marketing campaign.
Even when he doesn’t function for the remainder of the USA tour, let’s hope he’s again in enterprise in good time for the Premier League opener towards Ipswich three weeks from right this moment.
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