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Liverpool head coach Arne Slot praised the commitment of Ibrahima Konate after the centre-back cut short his compassionate leave to help relieve their defensive issues.The France international’s father died last week and he was not due to return until Friday but with Joe Gomez still injured and also no fit recognised right-back, the 26-year-old called to say he would be back sooner than planned and marked his return to the team with the last goal in a 4-1 win over Newcastle.

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00:00He had a very difficult two weeks and probably still has a difficult time.
00:17But we spoke in the end of last week when he said I'm planning to be back in the end of this week.
00:24So that would have meant that he could not have played this game.
00:27But when he saw all the problems we had defensively, he called me early this week and said,
00:31I want to be back to help the team against Newcastle.
00:35And he came back Wednesday, trained twice with us.
00:39And today not only he scored a goal, but I think he played a great game
00:43and the fans were really appreciative throughout the whole game.
00:46But definitely at the end when he scored and his teammates were just as appreciative
00:52when he came in the dressing room after the final vision.
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