Arne Slott has revealed Issac Chute is ‘out for a few weeks’ as Liverpool star.

Liverpool boss Arne Slott has provided an update on Alexander Isak and Jeremy Frimpong, both of whom were injured in the Reds’ 5-1 win over Frankfurt.

Frampong lasted just 20 minutes after replacing Conor Bradley, while Isak scored at half-time with Hugo Ektyke, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konte, Cody Gakpo and Dominic Szobszalai scoring in response to Rossus Christensen’s opener in a 5-1 thrashing.

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Questions remain over Slott’s side despite the victory as the Bundesliga side represented incredibly soft opposition, but the Reds boss will be happy to stem the rot which has seen them miss four games on the bounce.

But he is counting the cost of two injuries and confirming after the match that Isk was indeed injured during suggestions that it was a tactical decision to sub him at the break.

“Let’s hope it’s not that bad, but he had to go because he felt his back,” the Reeds boss said.

“A lot of people wanted me to play as much as possible and we had to find a balance and unfortunately that balance didn’t quite work for us today. But let’s hope for the best.

“Today, with Alex and Hugo, I brought two players on the pitch who are usually capable of scoring goals. Alex was close a few times but had to go at half-time, and it’s a difficult balance we’re doing with him.

“He trained hard when he came to the club. So you get him going, and then you think there will be a moment where he can play twice a week, and the first time we try – he did it with Sweden – but the first time we try he has to go.”

Slott added on the British record £125m signing: “Alex was not in the red zone because we don’t play him.

“Usually you try to get players ready for football once a week, but if you’re Liverpool you play every three days in eight days or usually three times but we’ve had the misfortune this season that we have to play three times in seven days.

“We’ve tried to prepare him for this program, which isn’t always easy when you don’t have a preseason. We were really careful.

“When he came back before the national team (last week) and the United game, he was perfectly fit.

“We thought he was well prepared for it but the top margins are small. I’m hoping it won’t be too bad, because if he’s out for a few weeks it’ll put him back. So wait.”

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Frimpong picked up a hamstring problem, the same one that ruled him out for a month at the start of the season.

“It doesn’t help with Alison and Giovanni Leone already that I expect Jeremy Frimpong to be out for a couple of weeks for sure now,” Slott added.

“Jeremy has a hamstring problem. He came back from a hamstring injury a few weeks ago. Unfortunately he had to go away.

“People like to talk to us because we have 25-30 first-team players, but when we play 11 v 11 in training sessions, we always need under-21 players.”