Liverpool to be without six players for Community Shield clash

Liverpool will be out of six players for their Community Shield clash against Arsenal at Wembley. The newly-crowned champions are going to face the Gunners on Saturday evening, less than a month after Mikel Arteta's side celebrated their FA Cup win over Chelsea. Arsenal squad have returned to training on Monday, while the Reds have been away in Austra in training, playing friendly matches against Stuttgart and Red Bull Salzburg. Virgil van Dijk will feature for the upcoming match, despite being forced off with a nasty cut to his head in the latter match.  Trent Alexander-Arnold is also likely to be fit for the clash. However, Jordan Henderson, Joel Matip, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Harry Wilson, Xherdan Shaqiri and Divock Origi didn't play in friendly and are possible to miss out the fixture at Wembley. "All the boys which were not involved so far or got slight knocks in pre-season will not be available for tomorrow, but [they are] getting closer, really closer, closer and closer," Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp told during his pre-match press conference on Friday. "So hopefully the majority of them can start training completely normal after the Arsenal game, but this game is now a bit too early for them. Maybe one or two involved in the squad, we have to see. "That’s it pretty much. Hendo and Joel looking really good, on a good way. "Ox, early stages but good. Shaq, good. Trent, very close, we have to make a decision about tomorrow. Harry looks good."

Source: Mirror

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