{"id":1920,"date":"2026-03-22T04:27:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T04:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=1920"},"modified":"2026-03-22T04:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T04:27:04","slug":"arne-slot-provides-hugo-ekitike-injury-update-after-liverpool-striker-limps-off-against-brighton-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=1920","title":{"rendered":"Arne Slot provides Hugo Ekitike injury update after Liverpool striker limps off against Brighton | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SEI_290369401-3447.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27575369\" alt=\"Liverpool's Hugo Ekitike isits injured during the English Premier League soccer match between Brighton and Liverpool in Brighton, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo\/Ian Walton)\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Hugo Ekitike lasted just eight minutes against Brighton before he suffered an injury (Credits: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Liverpool manager played down the severity of Hugo Ekitike\u2019s injury in the wake of Liverpool\u2019s damaging defeat against Brighton. <\/p>\n<p>Already without Mohamed Salah and Aleksander Isak, the Reds were rocked early on at the Amex Stadium when their France international striker went down in agony following a collision with James Milner. <\/p>\n<p>The summer signing from Eintracht Frankfurt was clearly in pain as he limped to the sidelines where he received further treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Ekitike attempted to play on but was unable to continue and was replaced by Curtis Jones after only eight minutes. <\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old had been called up to Les Bleus squad ahead of the upcoming friendlies against Brazil and Colombia but may now be forced to withdraw.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about his centre forward\u2019s injury, Slot said: \u2018The players and the fans know that there is only eight games to go to qualify for the Champions League and every game you have to miss is something you are upset about. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Him going off and not being able to help the team \u2013 it is just a bit of bad luck. It is not like he will be out for three months but it is bad enough that he wasn\u2019t able to continue. <\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tYour football fix\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p><strong>Metro<\/strong>&#8216;s Head of Sport James Goldman delivers punchy analysis, transfer talk and his take on the week&#8217;s biggest stories direct to your inbox every week.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up here, it&#8217;s an open goal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SEI_290369403-36f7.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27576564\" alt=\"Soccer Football - Premier League - Brighton &amp; Hove Albion v Liverpool - The American Express Community Stadium, Brighton, Britain - March 21, 2026 Liverpool's Hugo Ekitike is substituted after sustaining an injury Action Images via Reuters\/Paul Childs EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO USE WITH UNAUTHORIZED AUDIO, VIDEO, DATA, FIXTURE LISTS, CLUB\/LEAGUE LOGOS OR 'LIVE' SERVICES. ONLINE IN-MATCH USE LIMITED TO 120 IMAGES, NO VIDEO EMULATION. NO USE IN BETTING, GAMES OR SINGLE CLUB\/LEAGUE\/PLAYER PUBLICATIONS. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE FOR FURTHER DETAILS..\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Hugo Ekitike appeared to sustain a dead leg (Credits: Action Images via Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018It was a blow for him and a blow for us.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>After their midweek morale-boosting win over Galatasaray, Liverpool would have hoped to build further momentum on the south coast.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, they delivered another insipid, disjointed display that yielded a 2-1 defeat and has put their hopes of qualifying for next season\u2019s Champions League in major jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018First half was an equal game. It was a big blow for us that one of our two strikers that we have available with Hugo [Ekitike] and Alex [Isak] was already not here and the other one has to go off after one or two minutes \u2013 that is usually not helpful, especially when you look at how well Hugo played Wednesday,\u2019 added Slot. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018The first half was equal and the second half, Brighton were the better team on the pitch.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SEI_290388106-5ff1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27576589\" alt=\"Soccer Football - Premier League - Brighton &amp; Hove Albion v Liverpool - The American Express Community Stadium, Brighton, Britain - March 21, 2026 Brighton &amp; Hove Albion's Danny Welbeck celebrates scoring their first goal Action Images via Reuters\/Paul Childs EDITORIAL USE ONLY. 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In the second half, they were the better team on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018What I thought was, you won\u2019t need 24 points to qualify and hopefully I am right because we aren\u2019t able to get 24 points anymore. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018We kept trying, in the second half we were close but they were closer to score the third one than we were the second one. 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