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There was welcome news of no new injuries for Liverpool ahead of their trip to Leeds, plus reports of interest in Yan Diomande and plenty to dissect from Arne Slot‘s press conference. 24-man Liverpool squad trains for Leeds Liverpool, thankfully, had no bad surprises for us in training on the eve of their trip to Leeds.
Liverpool squad in training pre-Leeds Goalkeepers: Alisson, Mamardashvili, Woodman Defenders: Van Dijk, Gomez, Konate, Robertson, Kerkez, Bradley, Ramsay Midfielders: Gravenberch, Wirtz, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Jones, Endo, Nyoni Forwards: Ekitike, Isak, Salah, Gakpo, Chiesa, Ngumoha, Gordon Twenty-one-year-old Kaide Gordon was also one of the 24 players involved as the finishing touches were put on preparations for the tough trip to Elland Road. Arne Slot press conference: Team news, Chiesa & more * Watch Arne Slot’s pre-Leeds press conference on our YouTube channel here • A right-back change was hinted at for the visit to Leeds with Bradley to be in the squad and Joe Gomez having been nursing a knock – it’ll be nice to have a specialist right-back again! • If you were hoping for Federico Chiesa to start, you’re likely to be disappointed as Slot all but swerved a question on his chances – how did this man wrong you, Arne?! • Cody Gakpo‘s form is in the spotlight but Slot insisted he is not suffering from a lack of competition on the left.
Leeds Is Mohamed Salah‘s absence to end, and will Bradley return to the XI at the first time of asking? You can watch live here, if you wish • Kobbie Mainoo is ready to seek a loan move in January after failing to start a single league game so far this season – it’s been quite the fall off for him (The Athletic) • Crystal Palace are deemed to have most arduous run of fixtures in a five-week period up to the first weekend of January, Liverpool are seventh in the list with five away games in nine (BBC) Liverpool FC: On this day It was on December 5, 1999 that Steven Gerrard scored his first goal for Liverpool – and it was a great one too.
