With a win in midweek, Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool team travels to Brighton looking to maintain their great start to the Premier League season.
Premier League (8): Brighton vs. Liverpool | AMEX Stadium | October 8, 2023 | 2 p.m. (BST)
The VAR discussion will rage on, but the players and manager are completely focused on the game.
A win over Union SG on Thursday helped to alleviate some of the sting from the Tottenham game, and a win at Brighton would be a clear indication that Liverpool are ready to compete.
Taking last weekend’s outcome out of the equation, Liverpool are unbeaten since April and are starting to appear more confident defensively.
The match on Sunday promises to be exciting, and we’ve got all the essential elements to get you ready.
Klopp’s injury updates
On the injury front, Liverpool received both good and bad news.
Cody Gakpo “has a good chance” to play after the international break and “is already out of his brace,” according to Klopp.
However, Stefan Bajcetic is unlikely to play against Brighton, with the management hoping he will be available after the international break. The same is true for Thiago, who is further away from returning.
Klopp also provided an update on Conor Bradley’s health.
The young man, according to the German, “is on the way back and is running but, in that age group and with these kind of injuries, you tend to give them rather three weeks more than not enough.”
2 suspended players
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve seen the consequences from the officiating performance against Tottenham last weekend.
Curtis Jones will be suspended for the next three domestic matches as a result. Liverpool protested the red card, but it was denied, despite the fact that the referee sent Jones out based on only a freeze frame.
Diogo Jota, who received two yellow cards in North London, will also miss the game.
Despite the fact that the Premier League’s Independent Key Match Incidents Panel stated, “the majority deemed the decision (second yellow) as incorrect as they felt it did not meet the threshold for a yellow card,” according to ESPN.
Unfortunately, the one-match suspension is irreversible.
