Liverpool moved to the highest of the Premier League standings with a win in opposition to Brighton on Saturday.
Objectives from Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah turned across the match for the Reds who had been dropping 1-0 in opposition to the Seagulls.
The Reds, impressed by supervisor Arne Slot’s halftime workforce discuss, got here again to win at Anfield and since each Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis misplaced their matches, the win gave the Merseyside membership an important benefit within the Premier League title race.
The one concern for the Liverpool trustworthy from the match in opposition to Brighton was the damage suffered by centre-back Ibrahima Konate.
The French defender was taken off at halftime and appeared visibly in ache. Joe Gomez was introduced on to switch the injured defender.
Virgil van Dijk had identified after the match that the damage may not be too severe and that’s additionally what the scan has confirmed.
Konate posted a message on his Instagram account, making the followers conscious of the extent of his damage.
He wrote:
“Thanks for all of the messages of help. My damage isn’t severe fortunately. I had a scan right now and it confirmed there is no such thing as a break. I’ll be prepared for the subsequent recreation.”
Virgil van Dijk has introduced the very best out of Ibrahima Konate
This comes as big enhance for Liverpool who depend on Konate’s presence on the coronary heart of their protection alongside Van Dijk.
Each of the Liverpool centre-backs have been in high-quality kind this season and their file exhibits that.
They’ve solely conceded six Premier League objectives in ten matches this season, exhibiting that they’re the very best defensive aspect within the league by far.
Regardless of the provision of defenders like Gomez and Jarrel Quansah as again up, Liverpool know that Konate is necessary to their probabilities of profitable silverware and his constant stage of performances haven’t gone unnoticed.
