Arne Slot blames time-wasting problem for reaction to injury

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot was downcast about the possible extent of the injury to Bradley, which occurred in the fourth minute of stoppage time at the end of the match as the full-back attempted to clear the ball.Bradley, who later left the Emirates on crutches with his left knee in a support, went down after falling awkwardly near the touchline and was in some discomfort before Gabriel Martinelli dropped the ball on him then attempted to manhandle him off the pitch.It provoked a furious reaction from Liverpool’s players, at the end of a match that had been low on talking points with neither side creating many chances.

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00:00I don't know yet, but it didn't look great if you have to go off on a stretcher and I think we could both, when we see the video, we both think probably the same, but yeah, we have to wait on the scans, if it's that bad or maybe he can play on Monday, let's hope so.

00:16I don't know Gabriel Martinelli, but he comes across as a nice guy and I think the problem for him is, and that's the problem in general in football, that there is so much time wasting and players pretending that they are injured in the final parts of the game or during the game, that you can then sometimes be annoyed if you want to score a goal that you think that player is time wasting.

00:39You cannot expect from Martinelli that he thinks so clearly in 94 minutes, so I'm 100% sure that if he knew what the injury might be, that he would never do that, but it doesn't look great if he has the injury which we fear he might have.

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