Liverpool hit with injury blow before trip to Tottenham; "special" player not expected to be fit

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Liverpool will be without Joe Gomez for this weekend’s Premier League clash away to Tottenham through injury, Arne Slot has confirmed. Next up is a trip to Spurs on Saturday, but speaking to Liverpoolfc.com after the victory over the Seagulls, Slot confirmed that Gomez is almost certainly going to miss the game: “If I have a player who goes off with a muscle injury like Joe, that’s normally not a positive thing.

I would not expect him to be in the squad next week [at Tottenham Hotspur]. I assume many people thought, ‘If you have a defender, if you have a right full-back, why don’t you play him?’ “And Dom, it was his ankle.

But he has unbelievable mentality so let’s hope for the best. But we’re also going to miss Mo [Salah] because he is going to go to the Africa Cup of Nations.” The need for a new Liverpool centre-back highlighted Gomez’s absence against Spurs is a blow for Liverpool, but on the plus side, Conor Bradley will be back from suspension to start at right-back.