Big absence, Liverpool without Salah for several matches

Liverpool will face a major absence for several Premier League games. They will be without their star player, Mohamed Salah, who will play for the Egyptian national team at the Africa Cup of Nations. This was confirmed by the Dutch coach, Arne Slot, who announced that Salah will join the Egyptian camp on December 15.

While it must be said that the Egyptian, with what he has shown in recent matches with the "Reds", has had a decline in form, which has also gone hand in hand with the team's poor results. We recall that the Africa Cup of Nations will be held this year in Morocco and will officially start on December 21, to end on January 18 of next year.

On the other hand, expensive summer signings Isak and Wirtz are still unable to play three full games in a short period of time, as manager Arne Slott has admitted. Isak played 68 minutes of Liverpool's 2-0 win over West Ham on Sunday before being replaced by Hugo Ekitike, while Wirtz played 75 minutes before making way for Jones. Isak and Wirtz, bought for £125m from Newcastle and £100m from Leverkusen, have struggled to adapt to the pace of the Premier League this season and have been used sparingly by Slott.

Ahead of a busy run of fixtures ahead of the festive period, which begins with the visit of in-form Sunderland to Anfield on Wednesday, followed by Saturday's trip to Leeds, Slot admitted that both players, as well as defender Gomez, are still not physically ready to play full games in a row, weekend and midweek.

"I think they are not able to play three 90-minute games in a week, that's for sure," Slot said. "I will see how they feel today and if they are ready to start again. All three can play in all three games, as long as they don't suffer any injuries." Also, for Virc he added: "Florian has missed a week or two of training, so for him to be playing so many minutes now is a very good thing.

"It was encouraging to see Florian playing so well — it's not the first time he's played well for us. Isak too. He told me yesterday that he felt a bit of a cramp coming on, so we'll see how it goes before the Sunderland game," concluded Dutchman Slot.

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