Slot is optimistic about Wirtz’s ability to feature in upcoming matches: ”We don’t think it is very serious, but he felt his back too much during the warm-up to start.

Three points matters most but it would be hard to argue Liverpool played well against Nottingham Forest on Sunday.

Liverpool were not the better side on Sunday afternoon when they headed off to face a Nottingham Forest side in the midst of crisis in a season that has rather seemed non-stop crisis for the West ...