As of right now, Liverpool are definitely not fans of this competition and it's fair to say that they won't be the only club feeling like this.
Granted Trent Alexander-Arnold was already struggling with any injury so therefore pulled out of the squad, Liverpool have suffered three potential injuries to their players since this part of the Nations League began.
Joe Gomez suffered a serious injury in training last week with England and Jordan Henderson was taken off against Belgium after reportedly suffering with tightness in his leg at half-time.
Andrew Robertson played his part in making sure Scotland qualified for Euro 2021 but the full-back missed their game against Slovakia with a hamstring problem adding to Liverpool's problems.
Mohamed Salah has also tested positive for coronavirus after attending his brother's wedding last week there and will almost certainly miss Liverpool's game against Leicester this Sunday.
So moving away from Liverpool's ever-growing injury list, it makes us ask the question what does playing in the UEFA Nations League achieve?
Well we know how the set-up works with the groups and the whole idea of the competition is to reduce meaningless friendlies and make games between international teams fairer.
But in light of the current situations where every league is trying to cram in their fixtures alongside the Champions League and also other cup competitions you have to ask, is it all too much for the players at the moment?
After all, they have played a whole lot of football since returning and with only a short break in between, you can only feel as though more injuries will occur through the next round of matches.
The fact is the virus has caused plenty of problems since arriving on the scene and even with the current restrictions in place, and sport doing the best to continue, it always finds away to cause trouble.
England lost two nil to Belgium last night there but were without Connor Coady who has played an influential part in England moving back to the three at the back system.
Coady missed out after being in contact with someone who has the virus and with Harry Maguire also missing through suspension, it was anything but the back three that Gareth Southgate would've wanted to play.
Belgium were still a different class however and despite all the progress we have seemed to have made over the past few years, it showed that we still have a lot more to work on if we want to get to their level.
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