Liverpool journey disruption will ‘not impact’ Eintracht Frankfurt match build-up, Arne Slot says

Arne Slot insists Liverpool’s journey disruption won’t be an excuse once they face Eintracht Frankfurt within the Champions League on Wednesday evening.

The Dutch head coach needed to cancel his pre-match press convention at Deutsche Bank Park after the squad’s flight from John Lennon Airport was delayed for round 4 hours as a consequence of technical points with their aircraft.

They lastly left Liverpool simply earlier than 8pm UK time on Tuesday — narrowly beating the cut-off level for planes to land at Frankfurt Airport, which closes in a single day. Slot didn’t seem involved, nonetheless, at how the delay might influence the Premier League champions’ bid to place their run of four-straight defeats behind them.

“No, it will not impact the build-up to tomorrow’s game,” Slot instructed LFCTV.

“We have trained over here at the AXA. Normally we would have gone to Frankfurt a few hours earlier, now we are a few hours later. That can never be an excuse for the game tomorrow.”

Gravenberch has not travelled for the Frankfurt sport however Wataru Endo has recovered from a hamstring challenge  (Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Ryan Gravenberch hasn’t travelled as a result of ankle harm he suffered in opposition to Manchester United on Sunday, however Slot is hopeful that the holding midfielder will return for Saturday’s journey to Brentford. Wataru Endo is again in rivalry after recovering from a hamstring downside.

”Unfortunately, Ryan is just not able to play tomorrow,” Slot added. “That already means I definitely have to change one player and with him not being there, that might mean something for others as well, because he has such a particular quality in our squad.

“We have to give him a bit of time and see where he is when we come back from Frankfurt.”

Slot is anticipated to make additional modifications with striker Hugo Ekitike eyeing a begin in opposition to his former membership after being relegated to bench obligation not too long ago to accommodate Alexander Isak.

Slot mentioned: “It’s always special for every player if you go to one of your former clubs, especially if you did really well.

“In his situation, he did so well that I think not only he likes to go back over there, I think the fans over there like to see him as well for what he did for the club, because he was part of the team that brought them to the Champions League.

“Special for him. Special for Florian (Wirtz) as well to go back to Germany and play there. Special for Jeremie Frimpong because he was also, like Florian and like Hugo, so successful in Germany. For the three of them it’s nice to play in Germany again.”