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Arne Slot press conference LIVE - Liverpool injury and right-back latest for Sunderland

BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND - JANUARY 24: Liverpool Manager Arne Slot during his post match press conference during the Premier League match between Bournemouth and Liverpool at Vitality Stadium on January 24, 2026 in Bournemouth, England. (Photo by Shaun Brooks - CameraSport via Getty Images)

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot will address the media this morning

Welcome to our live coverage of Arne Slot's press conference to preview his Liverpool side's Premier League match at Sunderland on Wednesday. The Reds head coach will be with us at 10.30am.

It's a big game for . Their sickening, late 2-1 home loss to Manchester City means they could be eight and seven points away from fourth and fifth place respectively by kick-off at the Stadium of Light, should the teams currently occupying those positions, Manchester United and Chelsea, win this evening.

Qualification for the Champions League should be the bare minimum for the defending champions, whose attempts to put a winning run together in the Premier League is being hampered by injury and now suspension, too.

's red card against City means he will miss out against Sunderland, requiring to find another solution at right-back with , and all sidelined.

Expect a question over who will start in that role against the Black Cats, then, plus many others, and Ian Doyle is at the AXA Training Centre to bring you live coverage.

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