Liverpool travels to Spurs in the Premier League this weekend, with several players set to be missing from the game, potentially including midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai
Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai could be available as the Reds take on Tottenham in the Premier League this weekend, while Jeremie Frimpong is set to make his return to the matchday squad.
Cody Gakpo and Wataru Endo are both out, though the former has had a scan and won't be missing for as long as first feared. Center-backs Joe Gomez and Giovanni Leoni are also both sidelined.
James Maddison is a long-term absentee for Spurs with a knee injury. Like Mohamed Salah, Pape Matar Sarr and Yves Bissouma are both at AFCON. Destiny Udogie won't be back from a thigh injury for Thomas Frank's side until January, while former Liverpool striker Dominic Solanke is also sidelined at the moment.
Radu Dragusin, Dejan Kulusevski and Kota Takai are also out, which makes eight Spurs players in total. Liverpool has six players either doubtful or unavailable for the game.
For Liverpool, Conor Bradley is at least available again after he missed the win over Brighton through suspension. Szoboszlai, if he features, will need to avoid a booking or he will pick up a ban of his own.
Liverpool has a strong recent record against Spurs and scored six times in this fixture last season. But Arne Slot is taking nothing for granted as his side continues to build confidence.
"It took us 92 minutes to score away against Brentford, against a Thomas Frank team last season, so you cannot compare..." he said in Friday's press conference.
"Yes, you can compare certain things because [it is] mainly the same players. They've added a few players to the team and with Thomas Frank [there is] a new manager, so I don't think you can compare our games of last season with this season.
"Even more so because we not only added, we lost a lot of players as well, so you cannot compare this team of ours to last season — even with the same manager — and you cannot compare our results of last season [against Tottenham] with facing a Thomas Frank team.
"I think winning always gives a good feeling and good spirit for a team that had so many changes during the summer. The league table, the first 12, 13, 14, 15 teams are so close to each other that winning or losing matters a lot, with one exception.
"Although [Manchester] City are coming closer and closer to Arsenal now, but Arsenal are quite far away from us. I think the main thing for us is to build on what we are building on in the last five games.
"I think with the exception of Brighton maybe, because we did concede a lot of chances against them, but the other games we were solid defensively and that's a good base, combined with that the players are getting more and more ready to compete at Premier League intensity as a group.
"So, I think we can expect more from us in the upcoming part of the season than what we've shown before, but I assume that everybody would expect that [of themselves] as well."