Liverpool are back in action tomorrow as we host Leeds in the much-awaited game in hand. First off though we have team news and the usual headlines from the game.
Doubts over forward pair’s fitness
Yes, this is likely to be a daily theme for now isn’t it – two key forwards out injured as the Reds approach a crunch moment of the season.
We’ve got two big league games, a cup final and two knockout games coming up and Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino are currently sidelined.
For the visit of Leeds there’s “no chance” that either one will be involved, but Jurgen Klopp is again keeping matters open for the Portuguese-speaking pair to return at Wembley.
“They are [pushing], but they were not on the pitch for training, so that’s not a good sign,” he said on Tuesday.
In line for Leeds
- Joel Matip took his training pitch celebrations to the next level – that’s just one of six things we spotted ahead of the Leeds game, including a new youth face in the mix
- Joe Gomez‘s performance and Liverpool’s form to keep the Reds firmly in the title race were just two topics in the boss’ presser; we’ve picked out five key things from his words you need to know before Leeds
- Jurgen Klopp seems likely to rotate once more for the Anfield game so we’ve created two potential line-ups we could expect to see on Wednesday
Latest Liverpool FC news
- The Champions League final could see a change of venue amid calls to sanction Russia for their warmongering this week
- Klopp has explained how he learned of Man City’s weekend defeat but insists that “nothing changed” with regards to the Reds and their push for honours
- And Xherdan Shaqiri has revealed a text message from the boss after moving from Ligue 1 to MLS, less than a season after departing Anfield
Latest Premier League chat
- Mauricio Pochettino will have big stretchy arms next year as he’s in the middle of a tug of war between two clubs with big ambitions and little clarity over how to achieve them: Real Madrid and Man United
- Max Kilman has been one of the league’s most underrated centre-backs this year and should be in the England squad ahead of a fair few others on form – but he should definitely still ignore these Chelsea rumours
- James Rodriguez says he’s open to a return to Everton now that Rafa has gone. Reckon he’s just the type of player they are in need of in a dogfight!
Tweet of the day and match of the night
Here is a stunning validation of just how quickly Diaz has contributed to Liverpool’s best traits, on and off the ball.
Salah tied the single-match record with 4 but most encouraging thing was we gave Luis Diaz top presser.
2nd highest volume, 100% efficiency, most high-value wins and 3 leading to shots. He looks like he's been playing in our system for 18 months, not 3 weeks pic.twitter.com/gaQfrhwiNw— AIUnderPressure (@AIUnderPressure) February 22, 2022
Tonight sees the return of the Champions League. We opt for Villarreal vs Juventus. Also, in the Copa Libertadores, a team called Monagas is probably going to win, because they are playing a team called Everton, which quite frankly conjures up all sorts of bad karma.
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