The team sheets are in at the Stadium of Light. Arne Slot has gone with a similar lineup for today’s clash against Sunderland, featuring Wataru Endo at right-back for Liverpool with Dominik Szoboszlai suspended.
Liverpool have an opportunity to gain back ground on Chelsea and Man United, who both dropped points last night.
A win would do Slot the world of good.
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Arne Slot should be sacked if we lose to Sunderland tonight
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Managers are dropping like flies in recent weeks, but Slot appears to have FSG on side.
Still, there needs to be an improvement, and this is as good a place as any for Liverpool to start.
Liverpool starting XI vs Sunderland
Just two changes, with Szoboszlai and Milos Kerkez out, and Endo in with Andy Robertson.
Cody Gakpo keeps his spot in the front line, as does Mo Salah, who has been struggling lately.
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Liverpool lineup to take on Sunderland 🐈⬛
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Liverpool will have a proper back line soon
Slot has had to do plenty of improvisation with the back four after being hit with a mid-season injury crisis.
That seems to be alleviating. Joe Gomez is back on the grass, and Jeremie Frimpong’s Liverpool return is forecast for two weeks from now.
As much as we have been able to account for the absences reasonably well, the side will feel much more assured with a defence full of defenders.
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