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Joe Gomez and Jeremie Frimpong injury update after Dominik Szoboszlai was sent-off for Liverpool in the 2-1 loss to Man City.
Arne Slot admitted he does not expect Joe Gomez to be available for Liverpool’s next game after losing another right-back option.
The Reds suffered a 2-1 defeat by Manchester City at Anfield. Dominik Szoboszlai’s 74th-minute free-kick delivered Liverpool a deserved breakthrough but they could not hold on.
Bernardo Silva equalised for the visitors and then Erling Haaland dispatched a 93rd minute penalty to flip the game on its head. In the dying embers, Rayan Cherki thought he’d put the gloss on the win when scoring into an empty net. But VAR intervened to disallow the goal, with a free-kick awarded as Szoboszlai pulled back Haaland to deny a goalscoring opportunity - and was given a red card.
Szoboszlai, who deputised at right-back with Jeremie Frimpong (groin) and Conor Bradley (knee) sidelined, must serve a one-match ban and will miss the trip to Sunderland on Wednesday.
Gomez missed a third successive game against City because of a hip issue. And Slot admitted that he does not expected the versatile defender to be able to feature at the Stadium of Light.
Slot said: “Jeremie for sure not. We knew this when he got injured that was a few weeks. To be honest, I don’t expect Joe to be back as well but you never know. But then he’s back after being out for three weeks. Would you play him? You say no but you don’t have to make the decision, I have to make the decision. Let’s see what decision we make. We have other players who can play that position as well. Dom played a very good game in that position but unfortunately he’s not available for us.”
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