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Liverpool suffered their most significant blow of the season with Tuesday night's Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain on penalties, but there is so much left on offer for the Reds.
Arne Slot's side sit 15 points clear at the top of the Premier League table, and will look to secure the Dutchman's first trophy of his reign in the Carabao Cup final against Newcastle on Sunday.
But all of this is going on in the face of the ongoing contract issues surrounding three of the club's star players in Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Slot was somewhat taken aback when confronted with the issue of the contracts in the immediate aftermath of the loss to PSG.
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There will be some physical ramifications from the PSG game, with Trent Alexander-Arnold out of the Carabao Cup final after limping out of the Champions League match.
Will the Champions League exit have any bearing on the futures of Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah.
Liverpool’s imperious Premier League form and another stellar season from Mohamed Salah has camouflaged one or two issues that Arne Slot will feel he needs to address.
Expect central defensive back-up to arrive even if Van Dijk signs a new deal.
Will the relatively early Champions League exit, coming after interest in the FA Cup ended, put a bit of a dampener on Slot’s first season as Liverpool boss.
They have to recover from that setback quickly but are still strong odds-on favourites to beat Newcastle United at Wembley and win the Carabao Cup.
With the Premier League likely to be sealed sooner rather than later, that would mean two trophies in Slot’s first season, a fine achievement by anyone’s standards
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