FRANKFURT, Germany -- Liverpool 's preparations for their Champions League game against Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany have been disrupted by their flight being grounded at Liverpool John Lennon Airport due to a "technical issue."

Arne Slot's team, who face Frankfurt on Wednesday attempting to avoid the ignominy of suffering a fifth successive defeat for the first time since September 1953, were due to fly from Liverpool on a chartered flight after training at 4 p.m. BST.

But after a lengthy delay, Liverpool confirmed that Slot's pre-match news conference at Deutsche Bank Park, scheduled for 7.30 p.m. CET, had been cancelled less than an hour before it was due to commence because the team flight remained ground on the tarmac in Liverpool.

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