Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has a quandary to solve at right-back for Monday's Premier League contest with Newcastle United at St James' Park.
The Reds lost Jeremie Frimpong to a hamstring injury in their opening 4-2 win over Bournemouth, and the Dutchman will not return until after the international break, also ruling him out of the imminent visit of Arsenal.
In addition, Conor Bradley has only just returned to team training following an injury of his own, and Joe Gomez's minutes are being carefully managed after he sustained an Achilles problem in pre-season.
Wataru Endo and Dominik Szoboszlai represent the Reds' two emergency alternatives in that area of the field, and the latter could very well occupy a defensive role thanks to a returning midfielder.
Indeed, Ryan Gravenberch is back from the ban he served against Bournemouth and is in line to make his first start of the season alongside Alexis Mac Allister, having also missed the Community Shield loss to Crystal Palace owing to the birth of his child.
The relentless running machine that is Szoboszlai should therefore join Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk and Milos Kerkez in front of Alisson Becker, while there ought to be no change to the impactful attacking quartet, in spite of Federico Chiesa's goal off the bench against Bournemouth.
Instead, the effervescent Hugo Ekitike, Florian Wirtz and Cody Gakpo will continue alongside Mohamed Salah, who has provided an assist in each of his last six Premier League appearances against Newcastle - a feat no other man has achieved against any other club in the competition.
Liverpool possible starting lineup:
Alisson; Szoboszlai, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Ekitike
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