Hugo Ekitike

Ekitike (hamstring) is out for Thursday's match against Arsenal, freelance soccer reporter Chris Royce reports.

Ekitike (hamstring) still has to resume team training and remains a doubt for Thursday's clash against Arsenal, coach Arne Slot said in the press conference. "Hugo has not trained with us until now. Let's see if he can today. I've said when we played Fulham he wasn't going to be out for long but as games come too fast, he is in between maybe training with the team or taking one or two days extra."

Ekitike missed the last game due to a slight hamstring injury he felt during the final training session before the clash and will hope the issue is related to delayed onset muscle soreness in order to return for Thursday's clash against Arsenal, coach Arne Slot said in a press conference, according to the Liverpool Echo. "Yes, he travelled because he felt something during the training session. He felt something during the MRI scan and we got the results when we were flying. We were hoping it was a bit of DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness), which he also had. It's not a big surprise he gets a bit of DOMS. We were hoping it would be DOMS and we could have used him as a sub but, unfortunately, we saw a bit more and couldn't take a risk."

Ekitike is out for Sunday's match against Fulham due to minor fitness issues, according to his club. "That has led to the fact that he picked up a slight hamstring injury, because we had to play him more and more and more minutes. For a player that's his age and is not used to the Premier League completely, that has been a bit too much. So, that's why he will be out for today and hopefully be back for the Arsenal game, but that's definitely not sure yet."

Ekitike assisted once to go with four shots (zero on goal), one cross (one accurate) and one chance created in Saturday's 2-1 victory against Wolverhampton.