Liverpool attacker Diogo Jota is at risk of missing yet another Premier League game when the Reds meet Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The Portugal international has been restricted to cameos off the bench since recovering from an abdominal injury, but he made his mark and then some in Tuesday's 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest.
Indeed, Jota headed in the Reds' equaliser with his first touch, in turn scoring Liverpool's quickest Premier League substitute goal on record after just 22 seconds before being denied a winner by Matz Sels's wonderful goalkeeping.
However, Slot revealed in his press conference on Friday that he was suffering from a slight niggle, while Luis Diaz is also a bit ill, which could spell optimism for Darwin Nunez.
The misfiring Uruguayan is very much out of favour at Liverpool right now, but he is the freshest of the three strikers following his suspension and might operate down the middle as Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo provide the wide threat.
Slot has frequently chopped and changed in the number 10 position this season and could do so again here with games coming thick and fast, meaning that Curtis Jones should displace Dominik Szoboszlai in the number 10 slot, but there should be no reprieve for Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister.
The same goes for Alisson Becker, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate, but Andy Robertson did not have his finest hour at the City Ground, where Kostas Tsimikas also set up Jota's first-touch leveller with a first-touch corner.
The Greece international could not have done more to start for Liverpool, who are only without Joe Gomez (hamstring) due to injury.
Liverpool possible starting lineup:
Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Mac Allister, Gravenberch; Salah, Jones, Gakpo; Nunez
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Ben Knapton
