By The Telegraph (World News) | Created at 2024-09-28 15:35:36 | Updated at 2024-09-30 05:22:49
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Hello and welcome to coverage from the Premier League as Wolves host Liverpool.
Liverpool come into the game with a chance of ending the day on top of the league after Man City draw with Newcastle.
Luis Diaz will be one of Liverpool’s key men having made a strong start to the season.
He has scored five in his last four league matches, behind only Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and Chelsea’s Cole Palmer in the goalscoring stakes.
“He scored eight league goals last season. For me he was someone who could score a goal and eight is, for his quality, not of his standard,” Arne Slot said.
“Then I think he comes back to his normal situation. Maybe he was a bit unlucky last season but a player of his quality will always score a lot of goals every season.
“We train on a daily basis trying to get them as close as we can in certain situations and help in the best possible way where to position themselves and what to do in certain situations. But it is mainly in the last third of the pitch the quality of the player and the finishing he has and I think he always had this.”
Meanwhile, Gary O’Neil has revealed Wolves are dealing with an outbreak of illness ahead of the match.
Their struggling defence suffered a blow in the week after Yerson Mosquera was stretchered off with a serious knee injury in their loss to Aston Villa. Several others missed training on Friday and are doubtful through a virus.
“There’s quite a bit of illness actually,” said Wolves boss O’Neil. “A few will need a check tomorrow on how they’re feeling - we just had a little bit of a virus going around. Quite a few missed training today so we’ll see how we are tomorrow.
“We have a few issues but looking forward to getting out there and make it as difficult as possible for Liverpool. Some lads will struggle for tomorrow but that’s not a definite, sometimes these things can clear up in 24 hours.
“We are hopeful that the guys with the virus will be fine and 100 per cent available for tomorrow. But as the doctor told me, it’s hard to give a definitive answer.”
