Liverpool could be without 5 players for Wolves game after Florian Wirtz news

• Liverpool FC News
• Features
• Liverpool FC

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot could be without five players for the trip to Molineux in the FA Cup, but Florian Wirtz might be ready to make a comeback from a back problem

Florian Wirtz during a Liverpool training session.(Image: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Liverpool will definitely be without four players as it takes on Wolves for the second time this week, with Florian Wirtz potentially set to make a comeback from injury.

The Reds will be missing Alexander Isak, Wataru Endo, Conor Bradley and Giovanni Leoni — but Wirtz will be assessed ahead of the fixture and he could return and play a small part off the bench. Arne Slot confirmed in his pre-match press conference that the German has taken part in sections of training this week.

But if Wirtz does feature at Molineux, it will only be for a few minutes. It is also possible that Liverpool will wait to use him against Galatasaray in the Champions League next midweek.

With Liverpool struggling in the final third without Wirtz, though, his return will be welcome. Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo have both been well below par of late.

"It's not only about that individual," Slot insisted ahead of the game.

"If we don't generate enough from the sides then maybe we don't switch the ball fast enough, we don't bring them into enough open situations to improve these players.

Rob Edwards and Arne Slot will meet for the second time this week.(Image: Catherine Ivill - AMA/Getty Images)

"We have of course a 17-year-old player (Rio Ngumoha) who is improving more and more and more. It's not always the transfer market; the answer is also the training ground and trying to improve that part.

"But again, show me which teams are doing that so much better than us in the Premier League. I can show you one in La Liga where Lamine Yamal is playing, but I didn't see a lot of chances coming from there (out wide) from the games I watched on Wednesday."

After losing to Wolves in the Premier League, Liverpool needs to bounce back here. And the FA Cup is a major chance for Arne Slot's side to win silverware in a season where they have generally been a mile away from where they thought they would be.

"We always found every game we play very important and we always find every trophy we can win very important," Slot also said in his pre-match preview with reporters.

"So, last season we tried to win four and this season we tried to win four as well. But two are not possible anymore, the Premier League and the League Cup.

"So the other two we are in, we try to win it, as we've always tried at this club. And of course for us qualification for the Champions League is massive, as we all know.

"But that's not on the line tomorrow. Tomorrow the FA Cup is on the line and that's a massive game for us."