{"id":91147,"date":"2025-08-25T07:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T07:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/91147\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T07:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T07:40:09","slug":"liverpool-fc-team-news-vs-newcastle-injuries-and-available-squad-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/91147\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool FC team news vs. Newcastle \u2013 Injuries and available squad – Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool will be without at least three players for their clash with Newcastle<\/a>, with Arne Slot<\/a> facing a tough decision over who to turn to at right-back.<\/p>\n

The Reds can keep up their momentum after a 4-2 win over Bournemouth<\/a> on opening night as they head to St James\u2019 Park for an 8pm kickoff.<\/p>\n

But while the champions have had over a week to prepare for their second game of the league season, Slot has done so without both of his established right-back options.<\/p>\n

Here is who is set to miss out vs. Newcastle<\/a>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Slot\u2019s obvious issue comes at right-back, with Bradley not yet fully fit and Frimpong ruled out until after the international break.<\/p>\n

Added to that there is no guarantee Joe Gomez<\/a> will be able to start having seen his training load managed during the week.<\/p>\n

However, Liverpool are boosted by the return of Ryan Gravenberch<\/a> after he sat out the Premier League<\/a> opener due to suspension.<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

In the absence of his natural right-back options and with doubts over Gomez\u2019s fitness, Slot could turn to either Dominik Szoboszlai<\/a> or Wataru Endo<\/a> at right-back.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe only have at the moment two injuries, unfortunately it\u2019s two for the same position,\u201d the head coach told reporters on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the good thing is that some others can play in that position as well: Wata played in that position for a few minutes, Dominik Szoboszlai<\/a> already played in that position.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo there are other options we can explore. Joe Gomez<\/a> is definitely one of them, but for him to play 20 minutes [against Bournemouth<\/a>] was already quite a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

Slot could make other changes elsewhere, with it possible he turns to Andy Robertson<\/a> over Milos Kerkez<\/a> at left-back.<\/p>\n

The flexibility of Florian Wirtz<\/a> could see the tried-and-trusted trio of Gravenberch, Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister<\/a> restored for a physical clash, with the German able to shift to the left wing.<\/p>\n

Much will depend on Slot\u2019s decision at right-back, as if he opts for the running power and creativity of Szoboszlai in that role, Wirtz will almost certainly remain as No. 10.<\/p>\n

Alisson<\/a>, Ibrahima Konate<\/a>, Virgil van Dijk<\/a>, Mohamed Salah<\/a> and Hugo Ekitike<\/a> are guaranteed starters bar any late issues, with majority of Slot\u2019s lineup straightforward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool will be without at least three players for their clash with Newcastle, with Arne Slot facing a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,134,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-91147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91147","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=91147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}