However, with that suspension now served, Nuno Espirito Santo<\/a> is likely to put him back in the eleven. <\/p>\n Nuno deployed a back three against Bournemouth<\/a>, but there is a good chance he plays a back four against Liverpool.<\/p>\n He could play a 4-3-3 as it would give him another body in the middle of the park. <\/p>\n There is a good chance that instead of playing Paqueta<\/a> in the final third, on the left wing, the Portuguese asks the 28-year-old to play in a deeper position.<\/p>\n Per WhoScored<\/a>, he has played seven games this season as a number 10, but there is a chance that he may not play there against Liverpool.<\/p>\n The Reds will look to win the midfield battle, especially after the week they\u2019ve had, and having the Brazil international\u2019s footballing brain may help nullify any threat.<\/p>\n Losing 4-1 at home to PSV in the Champions League is unacceptable for a side that won the Premier League a few months ago.<\/p>\n Slot knows that he has credit in the bank because of winning the title, but that appears to have run out and he will certainly will be feeling pressure.<\/p>\n They also lost 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest and followed that up with an even more disappointing performance in the Champions League.<\/p>\n So, if Nuno can somehow get a result against Liverpool, potentially even a win, FSG, their owners, may decide to pull the plug on Slot\u2019s time <\/a>at the club.<\/p>\n Despite the Anfield outfit\u2019s recent struggles, they are not going to be an easy side to play against, so West Ham United<\/a> will need to be at their best at the London Stadium<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fans will be hoping that there are no more injury issues and Nuno has most, if not all the players he\u2019s counting on for the game.<\/p>\n Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n Receive a digest of our best West Ham content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lucas Paqueta is expected to return to the West Ham starting eleven when they take on Liverpool in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,20666,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-287698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-lucas-paqueta","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287698","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=287698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Nuno](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2242721912-1024x682.jpg\")
Photo by Richard Sellers\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar via Getty ImagesLucas Paqueta could play deeper role against Liverpool<\/p>\n![\"Lucas](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2136564202-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Copa\/Getty ImagesCan West Ham lead to Arne Slot\u2019s sack?<\/p>\n