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Liverpool Manager Hoping Konate Avoided Serious Arm Injury

Ibrahima Konate of Liverpool reacts after picking up an injury during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool FC and Brighton & Hove Albion, in Newcastle, Britain, 02 November 2024. EPA/PETER POWELL
Ibrahima Konate of Liverpool reacts after picking up an injury during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool FC and Brighton & Hove Albion, in Newcastle, Britain, 02 November 2024. EPA/PETER POWELL
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Liverpool Manager Hoping Konate Avoided Serious Arm Injury

Ibrahima Konate of Liverpool reacts after picking up an injury during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool FC and Brighton & Hove Albion, in Newcastle, Britain, 02 November 2024. EPA/PETER POWELL
Ibrahima Konate of Liverpool reacts after picking up an injury during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool FC and Brighton & Hove Albion, in Newcastle, Britain, 02 November 2024. EPA/PETER POWELL

Liverpool manager Arne Slot was hopeful that center back Ibrahima Konate avoided a serious injury despite being in “a lot of pain” when he came off at halftime of Saturday's 2-1 win over Brighton with an apparent arm injury.
Konate walked off the field grimacing in pain and using his shirt as a makeshift sling for his left arm after teammate Virgil van Dijk seemed to accidentally step on his forearm after a corner, The Associated Press reported.
Slot said it was too early to assess the severity of the injury but was hoping the defender would not need a lengthy layoff.
“We don’t know yet. He had a lot of pain, but he hasn’t been to the hospital yet, and maybe it is not even necessary to go to the hospital, I don’t know," Slot said at his post-game news conference. “It is always difficult to judge an injury in the first hour or first 10 minutes after it happens. Let’s hope he can be with us as soon as possible because he had a big impact on our season until now."
Konate has been one of Liverpool's best players so far this season, with the comeback win over Brighton putting Slot's team in first place in the Premier League, two points ahead of Manchester City.

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Palmer’s Dip in Form a ‘Mental Thing’, Says Chelsea Boss Maresca

Football - Premier League - Fulham v Chelsea - Craven Cottage, London, Britain - April 20, 2025 Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca talks to Cole Palmer. (Action Images via Reuters)
Football - Premier League - Fulham v Chelsea - Craven Cottage, London, Britain - April 20, 2025 Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca talks to Cole Palmer. (Action Images via Reuters)
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Palmer’s Dip in Form a ‘Mental Thing’, Says Chelsea Boss Maresca

Football - Premier League - Fulham v Chelsea - Craven Cottage, London, Britain - April 20, 2025 Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca talks to Cole Palmer. (Action Images via Reuters)
Football - Premier League - Fulham v Chelsea - Craven Cottage, London, Britain - April 20, 2025 Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca talks to Cole Palmer. (Action Images via Reuters)

Chelsea forward Cole Palmer's 16-game goal drought is due to a mental issue rather than a tactical or technical one, manager Enzo Maresca has said.

The 22-year-old England international had a remarkable debut campaign last season at Chelsea, scoring 27 goals and registering 15 assists in 48 matches.

This time around, however, Palmer has found the back of the net just 14 times in all competitions so far.

Maresca believes it is only a matter of time before the player breaks his drought.

"For sure it's a mental thing, it's not tactical or technical," Maresca told reporters ahead of Saturday's Premier League home game against 13th-placed Everton.

"Cole is still the player who scored 14 goals in 20 games. The style is the same, the manager is the same, the club is the same. Nothing has changed around Cole. It's just mentally in this moment.

"You can see he's a little bit worried because he wants to help the team. You can see he's struggling a bit on that. But he showed how happy he was after Fulham. It's just a matter (of whether) we can win games. For sure he's going to score goals.

"If you go back game by game, he had at least every game one or two chances, so it's not about how the team is playing."

Chelsea are sixth in the Premier League table with 57 points from 33 matches, as they chase Champions League qualification for next season. They trail fifth-placed Newcastle United by two points. At least five Premier League teams are guaranteed a spot in the 2025-26 edition of the Champions League.