Arne Slot explains why Jarrell Quansah was substituted at half-time as Liverpool lost 0-1 to Spurs in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final.

The 21-year-old defender was substituted. After half an hour of the first leg of the semi-final in north London after feeling unwell. And the Dutch manager decided to bring on Wataru Endo in his place.
“He was really not feeling well, so from the moment the game started until the moment. We had to take him off, he felt like he had a tightness in his chest, he told me that,” Slot told me after the game.
“It happened so quickly. He was substituted and the game started again. So I had to ask him directly, but he said he wasn’t feeling well. It wasn’t an injury, it was because he wasn’t feeling well.”
However, speaking at his post-match press conference after Liverpool fell to a 1-0 defeat in north London, Slot revealed he had not yet spoken in detail to Quansah. โปรโมชั่นพิเศษจาก UFABET สมัครตอนนี้ รับโบนัสทันที But believed the centre-back was still feeling the impact of a recent illness.
“He didn’t feel really well, so from the moment the game started until the moment we had to take him off, he felt a pressure. I think he said on his chest,” Slot said.
“It went so fast: he came off and the game started again, so I have to ask him exactly. But he said he didn’t feel really well. It was not an injury, more not feeling really well.
“He’s had a little bit of a cold in the last two or three days, but we think he’ll be fine. But maybe that’s related to this. I’ll have to ask, but it’s not related to the injury.”