Diogo Jota pressed his claims for a place in the XI with his immediate impact on Tuesday, but in his pre-match press conference, Slot confirmed the Portuguese forward picked up a niggle during his cameo and was struggling to be fit. Given his recent injury record, risking him from the start would be a potentially flawed move.

Diogo Jota is once again doubtful for Liverpool’s trip to Brentford, with the striker suffering a fitness complaint after his goal against Nottingham Forest. Jota’s season – and, in truth, the majority of his time at Liverpool – has been stop-start so far,

Liverpool forward Diogo Jota missed training and is a doubt for Saturday's Premier League clash against Brentford, head coach Arne Slot said on the eve of the match.

Liverpool could be without striker Diogo Jota when the Premier League leaders take on Brentford on Saturday. Jota scored 22 seconds after coming off the bench at Nottingham Forest in midweek, with his header securing a point for Arne Slot’s side.

Nevertheless, as the Reds stepped out at the AXA Training Centre on Thursday, Sky Sports journalist Vinny O’Connor still noticed that two players were missing. Although Arne Slot has faced some small criticisms for not rotating enough at times this season, the Liverpool injury record speaks for itself.

Darwin Nunez will replace Cody Gakpo in the Liverpool starting lineup against Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday.

Liverpool face Brentford in a huge Premier League encounter at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday. Details of the confirmed lineups will appear here when t

Premier League leaders Liverpool face a difficult away trip against Brentford as they look to return to winning ways. The Reds have suffered a minor dip in form after drawing their last two Premier league games against Manchester United and Nottingham Forest as well as losing to Tottenham in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg.

Arne Slot admitted he feared history was repeating itself as Liverpool laboured against Brentford on Saturday before substitute Darwin Nunez scored twice in stoppage time to extend the Reds’ Premier League lead.

Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz fired the Gunners in front but Villa fought back through goals from Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins in eight second-half minutes

Liverpool boss Arne Slot was eager to highlight Harvey Elliott after victory at Brentford. Elliott came off the bench in the second-half as Liverpool won thanks to two injury-time goals from Darwin Nunez.