It may not quite be 2020/21 levels of absence. But Liverpool are once again struggling to keep their centre-backs fit and available this season.
Virgil van Dijk became the latest to fall with the hamstring injury he suffered during the first half of the dismal Premier League defeat at Brentford on Monday, the Dutchman visiting a specialist as he prepares for an extended spell on the sidelines.
Before the season had even started, Ibrahima Konate sustained a knee problem that has helped restrict him to just five Liverpool outings this campaign. And when the Frenchman did make a swiftly aborted comeback in October, it was to replace Joel Matip who was then missing for the remainder of the first part of the term.
