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Arne Slot says Liverpool are ready to find the extent of Curtis Jones’ harm, after the midfielder was compelled off through the Reds’ 1-0 victory over Actual Betis.
The Dutchman oversaw his first win since changing Jurgen Klopp at Anfield, with Dominik Szoboszlai scoring the one aim in Pittsburgh.
It was the primary match of the Reds’ pre-season tour of america, although it stays to be seen how a lot of a component Jones will play after he limped off on the half-hour mark.
Nonetheless, Slot mentioned the choice to withdraw the midfielder was precautionary.
“I believe it’s too early to inform [how bad it is],” he instructed reporters throughout his post-match press convention. “Perhaps he may have performed on, however I believe possibly you would see he was not at 100%.
“In a pleasant recreation, with so many days arising in our tour, it was finest to take him off. We hope he recovers actually quick, so we will see him within the subsequent few video games.
“It’s all the time a pity if he has to go off after 25 minutes, half an hour. And earlier than that, you would see that he was not utterly free.
“It was unlucky as a result of he had two actually good weeks through the coaching periods, so I appeared ahead to seeing him within the recreation, however sadly he needed to go off.
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Trey Nyoni changed Jones for the rest of the sport, and Slot was happy by the 17-year-old’s affect.
“The benefit of that was that we introduced somebody [on] that impressed me within the 45 minutes to an hour he performed afterwards.
“I believe [Trey] did very well at present, nevertheless it was solely an hour. He was one of many the explanation why we scored the aim, as a result of he turned actually shortly and [played] a spot-on go in between the traces. And he was additionally concerned within the largest probability within the second half.
“We’re actually cautious with him. So he doesn’t be a part of each session, and generally he goes off a bit earlier. You may see his high quality, however you too can see his physique nonetheless wants a while to develop to play at Premier League stage. However he confirmed some fascinating issues at present.
I believe there have been just a few optimistic issues and, after all, just a few issues we’ve got to enhance. However the optimistic factor is that we saved a clear sheet. I believe we solely conceded one massive probability and that was someplace across the final 10 minutes of the sport.
“So, we managed the sport very well and, in between, we had just a few good assaults the place we created just a few good possibilities and scored a very good aim.”
