Liverpool manager Arne Slot confirmed that Joe Gomez had asked him to take off against Plymouth Argyle because he was afraid that “things would go wrong” to try and continue.
The 27-year-old is the captain of the very rotated Liverpool team against Argyle’s side that raised the championship table after winning only five of his 30 matches.
But it only lasted ten minutes of play Liverpool She would lose 1-0the kindness of Ryan Hardie’s penalty after handling midfielder Harvey Elliott.
Gomez has just returned to action after suffered by a lower leg injury to 5-0 Win over West Ham United At the end of December, and the slot confirmed after the match that he was not yet sure if the versatile defender had suffered a repeat of the same problem.
“I’m not too sure. I’m not too sure if it was the same leg, but I didn’t have time to ask him,” Slot told reporters. “It was clear, I think we all know at which moment he felt a little insecure [it] Because he did not completely sprint.
“Then he said,” I’m not sure 100 percent and I’m afraid if I do one extra sprint of things will go wrong. “
“I guess he wasn’t torn, but he wasn’t well. He recovered completely ‘after yesterday’s training.
“It suddenly led to the fact that we were with a few more young people on the field than the idea was before the game, but there was still enough quality on the field to achieve a better result than this.”
The slot decided to rest Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahim Konate for a trip to Home Park, and the duo is not even on the electricity bench Premier league Leaders. As such, Gomez headed for a young full of Bek Isaac Mabaya when he came down-Mladic then sacrificed himself in the second half as Liverpool tried to return to the tie.
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