The Liverpool team will have a surprise against Wolves, as Conor Bradley and Cody Gakpo have some chances to play, but Arne Slot’s team will certainly start without them. At the same time, it is certain that Dominik Szoboszlai will not play due to his suspension, he will have to miss this one match.
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Liverpool are preparing for an emotional game
Alexander Isak is out for a long time, he underwent surgery for a broken leg, but Florian Wirtz can be used and Federico Chiesa will certainly join Wirtz and Hugo Ekitik in the attack line.
Ibrahima Konaté missed Tuesday’s training session, presumably as a precaution. Joe Gomez and Wataru Endo are injured. Jeremie Frimpong is expected to start at right-back for the first time since mid-October, while without Szoboszlai, Ryan Gravenberch, Curtis Jones and Alexis MacAllister could start in midfield.
If healthy, Konaté will start alongside Virgil van Dijk, but his absence from training on Tuesday is a cause for concern. If he does not take up the game, then Andy Robertson or the only 19-year-old Wellity Lucky can be an emergency solution, in which case Kerkez Milos will definitely start on the wing.
Liverpool will host Diogo Jota‘s former team at Anfield for the first time. Dinis and Duarte, two of the three children of Diogo Jota and Rute Cardoso, will lead the teams onto the pitch as mascots.
“It’s not my job to tell them where they can find solace – if it’s possible to find it at all. I can only hope that the love that Diogo still inspires in people will bring them some relief,” Arne Slot said before the match.
As Slot pointed out: comfort is often unattainable, but this moment will remind the two boys and the family of the special role their father played in people’s lives.
Liverpool will host Wolves, who are still winless and have only two points, from 16:00 Hungarian time.
