Liverpool have five players all ruled out of Saturday’s clash against Nottingham Forest with injury
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Liverpool play their first home game of the season on Saturday lunchtime as Nottingham Forest come to Anfield.Forest have won on their last two visits to the Reds’ home stadium, although have started life under Oliver Glasner with a pair of Premier League and EFL Cup defeats against Leeds United.Liverpool will be hoping to make it third time lucky against Glasner and co, but will be doing so without five first-team players available to Andoni Iraola. What does Andoni Iraola need to do differently for Liverpool to get three points against Nottingham Forest The Reds have lost the last two against Forest at Anfield Photo Credit: Getty Images/Gaspafotos/MB Media Liverpool still missing long-term absenteesDespite some malicious social media rumours doing the rounds that Alisson Becker may have picked up a fresh injury, Iraola did not report anything new during his press conference on Thursday.The Basque did explain that Federico Chiesa has taken a knock, though, explaining his absence from the squad which faced Newcastle United last weekend.“In the game against Como he felt something at the back and it’s a small muscle injury.
He is not available,” Iraola said.Chiesa was the only one specifically referred to ahead of the Forest game, but Liverpool know they will still be without four players with longer term issues.READ MORE: The three players Andoni Iraola needs to drop for Liverpool’s match with Nottingham Forest on SaturdayPhoto by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty ImagesConor Bradley and Hugo Ekitike will likely still be sidelined for months, not weeks, while Giovanni Leoni does not look to have yet returned to training.There were reports over the summer that Leoni would come back to team training in August, before being available in September. But with only four days left to make that happen, no update has been offered.Regardless of whether he is out on the AXA Training Centre pitches with his teammates in the coming days, Leoni will not play against Forest.Neither will Joe Gomez, who has not been seen since going off five minutes into the opening pre-season match against Sunderland.No timeframe has been given on Gomez’s return, but it will certainly not be this weekend.
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