Liverpool face Brentford on Saturday evening but will have to be mindful of the Bees' main threats in order to turn around their poor Premier League form

Manager Arne Slot today at his pre-match press conference ahead of Brentford on Saturday confirmed that Jeremie Frimpong had suffered a fairly significant hamstring injury, though it’s better news for Alexander Isak and Ryan Gravenberch, with doubtful but as yet not ruled out and unlikely to miss much time.

Arne Slot's pre-match press conference ahead of the trip to Brentford. He addresses questions about the form of Mo Salah. Arne also provides injury updates on Jeremie Frimpong, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexander Isak and Alisson.

The Reds boss was already missing Giovanni Leoni (ACL), Alisson Becker (hamstring) and Ryan Gravenberch (ankle) for the trip to Frankfurt, the latter succumbing to the issue he sustained in the weekend's 2-1 Premier League defeat to Manchester United.

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe has responded to Arne Slot's "smaller club" remark after the Liverpool boss jumped to the defence of Alexander Isak following his recent struggles. Isak, who pushed through a British-record move to Liverpool in the summer following a lengthy stand-off with Newcastle, has made a relatively slow start to life at Anfield.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot has confirmed right back Jeremie Frimpong is set for a significant spell on the sidelines, where he could be joined by striker Alexander Isak after the summer signing picked up a groin injury.

Liverpool boss Arne Slot faced criticism after having a pop at Ruben Amorim's tactics during his team's defeat at home to Manchester United last weekend

It was a quarter of an hour into his morning news conference when the Newcastle United head coach was asked about Liverpool manager Arne Slot's assertion that "you cannot compare maybe a player that hasn't played in pre-season at a smaller club than if you go to Liverpool".