Ryan Gravenberch is likely to return for Liverpool when they host Aston Villa at Anfield on Saturday, Arne Slot said after the midweek Carabao Cup exit to Crystal Palace. Gravenberch missed the subsequent league defeat at Brentford and did not feature against Palace, though Slot had made widespread changes for that cup tie.<\/p>\n
Slot confirmed the midfielder has \u201ca good chance\u201d of being fit for the clash with Villa. \u201cI think Ryan has a good chance,\u201d the Liverpool boss said. He added that other absences would be assessed over the next 48 hours: \u201cThe other ones are going to be… let\u2019s wait and see tomorrow and Friday. I don\u2019t know [about] all of them but I think Ryan has the best chance from all of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Liverpool have been hampered by injuries beyond Gravenberch, with Alexander Isak, Alisson, Jeremie Frimpong and Curtis Jones also sidelined. The defeat to Palace was the club\u2019s sixth loss in seven matches across all competitions, and the reigning champions enter the weekend aiming to avoid a fifth straight Premier League defeat.<\/p>\n
Slot acknowledged the scale of the problem. He said that \u201closing that many\u201d matches is already \u201ctoo much\u201d for a club like Liverpool but insisted the pressure on the team was unchanged by the latest result. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s possible that if you lose five out of six, that losing six out of seven there is even more pressure,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you play for Liverpool or manage Liverpool you know the pressure is there. I don\u2019t think it has changed much after this loss [against Palace].\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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