Arne Slot: Diogo Jota's loss still affecting Liverpool players but is not excuse

Slot also said muscle injuries suffered by Florian Wirtz and right-back Conor Bradley will keep them sidelined.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot. Pic: Peter Byrne/PA Wire.

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot admits it is impossible to measure the impact the grief over Diogo Jota's death has had on his team-mates but they will never use it as an excuse for poor results.

After Scotland's dramatic midweek World Cup qualifying win over Denmark, captain Andy Robertson said he was "in bits" before the game thinking about the Portugal international, who died in a car crash with his brother Andre Silva in July.