Liverpool manager Arne Slot effectively confirmed that neither Jeremie Frimpong nor Joe Gomez would be fit enough to start against Sunderland on Wednesday night, leaving the Dutch boss with a headache at right back in light of Dominik Szoboszlai’s suspension.
The referee’s controversial (but ultimately correct) decision to show Szoboszlai a red card at the end of Liverpool’s 2–1 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday has robbed Slot of his best player and one of his few remaining options at right back. First-choice Conor Bradley is out for the season while the immediate return of his two potential stand-ins was grimly downplayed by the increasingly beleaguered Reds boss.
