{"id":292969,"date":"2025-12-01T12:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/292969\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T12:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:16:08","slug":"joe-gomez-explains-unseen-liverpool-role-setting-an-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/292969\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Gomez Explains ‘Unseen’ Liverpool Role: ‘Setting An Example’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe Gomez<\/a> has had a peripheral role for Liverpool this season, but has explained the important responsibility he has had throughout the turbulent run of results.<\/p>\n

Gomez made his first Premier League<\/a> start in 337 days at West Ham<\/a>, the exact fixture that cruelly all but ended his 2024\/25 season after suffering a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

So far this season he has been restricted to 328 minutes despite being fit enough for every matchday squad. However, a recent knee complaint has limited his availability from the start.<\/p>\n

That changed on Sunday and Gomez was able to have an influence on the pitch instead of just off it, though his role in supporting his teammates cannot be understated.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s trying to keep a positive energy, trying to influence the boys in the right way,\u201d Liverpool\u2019s current longest-serving player told All Red Video<\/a> about his off-field role.<\/p>\n

\"LONDON,<\/p>\n

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\u201cSetting an example on a training pitch, being positive, just keeping the mood [up], trying to keep overall balance on amongst the boys, speaking to the younger lads and just saying, \u2018Keep going\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes it\u2019s a small positive comment that can just lift them and keep them in a good place. <\/p>\n

\u201cJust know that I\u2019m here for them. All of us are here for you. We\u2019re all supporting each other, and we\u2019re in this together. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re a squad, and these moments when we come through it will only make us stronger and build resilience. We all do what we can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gomez\u2019s first league start since December 2024<\/p>\n

\"LONDON,<\/p>\n

While Gomez looks to lift others up, it has not exactly been the smoothest of rides for the defender himself after sitting on the bench for much of the campaign.<\/p>\n

The trip to West Ham<\/a> was his third start of the season and the first outside of the Carabao Cup<\/a>, and it was a moment that meant a lot to the 28-year-old.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means a lot to me,\u201d Gomez said of his start, although he quickly had the team on his mind over himself. <\/p>\n

\u201cLast time I was here it\u2019s where I got my first injury, but I do everything I can to stay available and try to help the squad, that\u2019s the main thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main thing is us sticking together, it\u2019s a tough schedule now, back-to-back, and we\u2019ve just got to go again, and we\u2019ll do that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Gomez has had a peripheral role for Liverpool this season, but has explained the important responsibility he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[59,2228,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-292969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-joe-gomez","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\/292969","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=292969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}