{"id":13085,"date":"2026-04-15T20:49:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=13085"},"modified":"2026-04-15T20:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:49:33","slug":"hugo-ekitike-liverpool-strikers-injury-looks-really-bad-says-arne-slot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=13085","title":{"rendered":"Hugo Ekitike: Liverpool striker’s injury ‘looks really bad’, says Arne Slot"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Liverpool boss Arne Slot says Hugo Ekitike’s injury “looks really bad” after the France striker was taken off on a stretcher during Tuesday’s Champions League loss to Paris St-Germain.<\/b><\/p>\n

Ekitike went down off the ball 30 minutes into the quarter-final second leg, which the Reds lost 2-0 on the night and 4-0 on aggregate.<\/p>\n

He was seen holding his ankle and was visibly in discomfort before being taken off the pitch.<\/p>\n

“Hugo looks really bad but it is difficult to say how bad,” Slot said after the game.<\/p>\n

“Let’s see. It doesn’t look good, that is clear. I didn’t see him at half-time and after the game he was already home. I have not spoken to him yet.”<\/p>\n

Ekitike is playing his first season at Liverpool after signing last summer from Eintracht Frankfurt and has scored 17 goals in 45 games in all competitions.<\/p>\n

A lengthy period of time out for the Frenchman will be a real blow to his hopes of being part of the France squad at this summer’s World Cup in North America.<\/p>\n

Ekitike’s club and international team-mate Ibrahima Konate said this moment will be “very hard” for him.<\/p>\n

“I think it is bad,” he told Amazon Prime. <\/p>\n

“I don’t know, I have heard many things, I have no word to talk about that because with the World Cup coming it is very, very hard for him and I send him my prayers.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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