{"id":246965,"date":"2025-10-23T20:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T20:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/246965\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T20:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T20:54:12","slug":"liverpool-face-even-tighter-fixture-turnaround-due-to-awkward-airport-rule-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/246965\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool face even tighter fixture turnaround due to awkward airport rule – Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool will have a tighter schedule than usual ahead of this weekend\u2019s trip to Brentford<\/a>, after spending the night in Germany following their 5-1 win over Frankfurt.<\/p>\n

The Reds\u2019 decision to remain in Frankfurt was one they had little control over due to the city\u2019s airport closing at 11pm local time.<\/p>\n

Normally, Liverpool would fly straight back to Merseyside after an away fixture in Europe.<\/p>\n

However, because Germany is an hour ahead of the United Kingdom, the Champions League<\/a> clash at the Deutsche Bank Park didn\u2019t finish until 10.55pm, making an immediate return impossible.<\/p>\n

It means the Premier League<\/a> champions had to wait until Thursday to fly from Frankfurt back to Liverpool John Lennon Airport.<\/p>\n

As a result, it promises to be a swift turnaround ahead of the trip to Brentford<\/a> at 8pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

Arne Slot<\/a> is due to hold his pre-match press conference at the AXA Training Centre at 10.30am on Friday, before training gets underway.<\/p>\n

Liverpool will then travel to west London in the afternoon and are expected to arrive just over 24 hours before kickoff at the Gtech Community Stadium.<\/p>\n

The quick turnaround between returning from Frankfurt and setting off for Brentford<\/a> comes after Liverpool\u2019s initial flight to Germany was delayed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Reds were held for nearly four hours at John Lennon Airport on Tuesday afternoon, which resulted in Slot\u2019s pre-match press conference being cancelled due to a technical issue with the aircraft. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

But Slot insisted his side\u2019s travel issues would be \u201cno excuse\u201d for a poor performance against the Bundesliga side \u2013 and that proved to be the case.<\/p>\n

Liverpool will be without right-back Jeremie Frimpong<\/a> for the clash against Keith Andrews\u2019 side, while Alexander Isak<\/a> is a doubt after suffering a groin injury in the 5-1 triumph over Frankfurt.<\/p>\n

Ryan Gravenberch<\/a>, however, could return to the squad after missing the trip to Germany with an ankle injury he sustained in the defeat to Man United<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Alisson<\/a>, Giovanni Leoni<\/a>, Stefan Bajcetic<\/a> and Jayden Danns<\/a> are all long-term absentees, with the goalkeeper\u2019s absence meaning another start for Giorgi Mamardashvili<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool will have a tighter schedule than usual ahead of this weekend\u2019s trip to Brentford, after spending the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[134946,403,99],"class_list":["post-246965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-brentford-vs-liverpool","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}