Phil Thompson has voiced his considerations over one ‘delicate’ Liverpool participant who’s endured one more setback in latest days.
Joe Gomez had been having fun with an overdue sequence of begins for the Reds over the previous month whereas right-back duo Conor Bradley and Jeremie Frimpong have been laid low with damage, and the 28-year-old has helped himself to a few uncommon assists in that point.
Sadly, he pulled up with a muscle subject halfway via the primary half of the 2-0 win in opposition to Brighton final weekend and needed to be substituted, with Arne Slot uncertain that our quantity 2 will get well in time to face Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.
Thompson preaches warning over ‘delicate’ Gomez
Accidents have sadly been a recurring theme of Gomez’s profession at Liverpool, and it’s for that cause that Thompson has urged Arne Slot and the membership’s medical workers to be cautious with dealing with his restoration from his newest setback.
Talking on The Official Liverpool FC Podcast, the 1981 European Cup-winning captain stated: “You take a look at Joe and typically you are concerned for him due to the muscle accidents.
“I keep in mind down at Plymouth [in the FA Cup last season], he chased the primary ball and I went, ‘Oh, he’s gone’. This was after about 5-10 minutes. You simply know and also you worry for him.
“Once you all the time have that doubt in you, it’s arduous to essentially specific your self. Look, everybody desires him to play and Joe is a good choice, however he’s acquired to be very delicate in what number of video games he will get.”
At the very least Slot has different right-backs returning to the fold
It was such a disgrace to see Gomez being pressured off in opposition to Brighton after such a brilliant begin to the sport (he arrange Hugo Ekitike’ first-minute purpose) and an encouraging run of matches within the Liverpool XI.
Whereas we stay hopeful that his newest muscle damage is just a minor one, Thompson is true to name for warning when contemplating the 28-year-old’s historical past.
The Reds defender has had a number of long-term accidents all through his time at Anfield, together with the hamstring downside which sidelined him for 5 months final season both aspect of the aforementioned FA Cup defeat.
Fortunately for Liverpool, Bradley is again match and has served his one-match home suspension, whereas Frimpong seems to be on the verge of a comeback, thus giving Slot some welcome alternative at right-back regardless of Gomez breaking down as soon as extra.
All three of these have had greater than their fair proportion of damage issues in latest weeks and months. Let’s hope that our quantity 2 can return to motion quickly and that his defensive teammates will stay accessible in order that there received’t be a have to rush him again into the fold prematurely.
You may watch Slot’s full post-Brighton press convention beneath, through Empire of the Kop on YouTube:
