Arne Slot says he is after the center-back in the with a new injury. But the issue is not a torn hamstring, which was the problem he sustained against West Ham United around six weeks ago.

"I am not too sure if it was the same leg, but I haven't had time to ask him," Slot said during his post-match press conference. "It was clear, I think we all know which moment he felt a bit insecure about [it] because he didn't sprint back fully.

"Then he said, 'I am not 100 per cent sure and I am afraid if I make one extra sprint things will go wrong.' It's not torn I assume, but it didn't feel good for him. That was a bit of a blow because was on the bench, but he came to me this morning and said, 'I don't think I am fully recovered yet' as well after the training session of yesterday.

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"That all of a sudden led to the fact we were with a few more youngsters on the pitch than was the idea before the game. But still, there was enough quality on the pitch to get a better result than this."

Liverpool has a trip to Everton coming up next with that fixture to take place on Wednesday. Neither nor was involved at all here and that pair would have started at Goodison Park but Gomez being out for a spell would be bad news with so many games coming up.

Trent Alexander-Arnold is out at the moment too while Conor Bradley didn't travel to Devon for the cup tie, suggesting that he will be playing in the next game the Reds face. Slot will bring in the likes of and Dominik Szoboszlai as well after they were given the weekend off.