Liverpool could be without 3 players vs Newcastle with Arne Slot facing defensive injury crisis

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Newcastle with Arne Slot facing defensive injury crisis

Liverpool will be able to call upon the services of Ryan Gravenberch once again for Monday’s Premier League fixture against Newcastle United after the midfielder missed last week’s win over Bournemouth through suspension.

Slot admitted his absence “hurt” Liverpool and his involvement would likely have stymied the repeated Cherries’ counter-attacks that resulted in two opposition goals.



He will certainly hope that is the case on Monday, with the Liverpool head coach implying Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister will start in the middle at St James Park.

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“The medical team was completely right about Jeremie [Frimpong] to take him off [against Bournemouth] because he's out until the end of the international break,” the 46-year-old.

That is certainly a blow for Slot, especially with his other right-back, Conor Bradley, also a doubt

Even more alarmingly, Joe Gomez’s fitness is once again uncertain after he returned from injury last week and played 18 minutes against Bournemouth.

“For him to play 20 minutes [this season] is already quite a lot,” Slot said of Gomez.

"I wouldn’t say he had a setback, but he wasn't able to train with us three days in a row completely with the team, which is completely normal if you have been out for so long and all of a sudden the manager needs you for 20 minutes.

"He is training with the team, so let’s see where he is on Monday, if he can be involved in the team, or if he can even start

Gomez trained with Liverpool on Thursday and could start at right-back

Those other options could include Wataru Endo or Dominik Szoboszlai, claimed the Liverpool head coach.

Frimpong, Bradley and Gomez are the only injury concerns for the Premier League champions, who will hope to earn back-to-back wins when they travel to the north-east.

As for Newcastle, it has no injury absences, with Joe Willock back in contention, while Jacob Ramsey and Malick Thiaw could make their Magpies debuts.

Alexander Isak remains unavailable as he continues to push for a move to Liverpool and is currently training away from the rest of the Newcastle squad.

Anthony Gordon is expected to play as a no.9, something Eddie Howe all but confirmed during his pre-match briefing.