{"id":282761,"date":"2025-11-25T16:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T16:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/282761\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T16:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T16:32:14","slug":"arne-slots-big-joe-gomez-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/282761\/","title":{"rendered":"Arne Slot\u2019s Big Joe Gomez Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right-back will again be the biggest concern for Arne Slot<\/a> as Liverpool look to get their form back on track with the visit of PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Reds dropped to 12th in the Premier League<\/a> on Monday night as Everton<\/a> beat Man United<\/a> 1-0 at Old Trafford to move above their city rivals.<\/p>\n

It only plunged Slot and his side into further depths as they struggle for any form or fluency in recent months, losing eight of their last 11 games.<\/p>\n

Last time out in the Champions League<\/a> was a different story: beating Real Madrid<\/a> 1-0 at Anfield and producing arguably the strongest performance of the season.<\/p>\n

Slot will be hoping for more of that when familiar foes PSV arrive at Anfield \u2013 but the head coach is again facing selection issues.<\/p>\n

Liverpool Team News vs. PSV: Injuries & Confirmed Squad<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

Liverpool trained in front of the cameras at the AXA Training Centre on Tuesday afternoon, with 20 outfield players involved:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Florian Wirtz<\/a>, Jeremie Frimpong<\/a> and Conor Bradley<\/a> remain out
\u2022 Giovanni Leoni<\/a> not available after season-ending ACL injury
\u2022 Full-backs Calvin Ramsay<\/a> and James Norris not eligible for Champions League<\/a>
\u2022 Joe Gomez<\/a> involved in session but required painkilling injection last week<\/p>\n

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Liverpool squad training for PSV<\/p>\n

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Goalkeepers: Alisson<\/a>, Mamardashvili, Woodman, Pecsi<\/p>\n

Defenders: Van Dijk, Konate, Gomez, Robertson, Kerkez, Ramsay*, Norris*<\/p>\n

Midfielders: Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Jones, Endo, Nyoni<\/p>\n

Forwards: Salah, Ekitike, Isak, Gakpo, Chiesa, Ngumoha, Gordon<\/p>\n

* Ineligible for Champions League<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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Liverpool Predicted XI vs. PSV Eindhoven<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

The most likely lineup against PSV would mean three changes to the side from Saturday\u2019s 3-0 loss to Nottingham Forest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If fit enough Gomez is expected to come in at right-back, while Andy Robertson<\/a> is poised to take over from Milos Kerkez<\/a> at left-back.<\/p>\n

The absence of Wirtz could then see Dominik Szoboszlai<\/a> deployed as the most advanced midfielder as part of the regular trio alongside Ryan Gravenberch<\/a> and Alexis Mac Allister<\/a><\/p>\n

And with Alexander Isak<\/a> again struggling after starting against Forest, Hugo Ekitike<\/a> should replace him up front.<\/p>\n

That would see the following XI at Anfield:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Alisson<\/a>; Gomez, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Gakpo; Ekitike<\/p>\n

However there are other options for Slot to consider, including:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Gomez replacing Ibrahima Konate<\/a> at centre-back
\u2022 Curtis Jones<\/a> moving to right-back
\u2022 Slot starting both Ekitike and Isak
\u2022 Federico Chiesa<\/a> being given an opportunity in attack<\/p>\n

But despite the outside calls for major changes \u2013 particularly at centre-back with concerns over Konate\u2019s form \u2013 it seems more likely that Slot will largely keep faith with his side.<\/p>\n

With both Bradley and Frimpong sidelined for a number of weeks, though, the way he manages his right-back situation will be particularly interesting.<\/p>\n

For what it\u2019s worth, Gomez\u2019s most recent start in the Champions League<\/a> came at centre-back: keeping a clean sheet in last season\u2019s 1-0 victory over Girona as partner to Van Dijk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Right-back will again be the biggest concern for Arne Slot as Liverpool look to get their form back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[59,115298,101,115383,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-282761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-liverpool-vs-psv-eindhoven","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-team-selection","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}