Liverpool’s absentee list has a familiar look for this weekend’s Premier League visit of Nottingham Forest to Merseyside.
The Reds remain without stalwart left-back Andy Robertson for Sunday’s encounter at Anfield, with the Scotland captain having suffered a shoulder injury while playing against Spain in a Euro 2024 qualifier during the recent international period.
It was said initially that Robertson would likely require surgery, with that operation having been completed this week as he now begins his rehabilitation with a time frame for a return to action unclear.
Back-up Kostas Tsimikas deputised for Liverpool on the left of defence during last weekend’s Merseyside derby win over Everton, with teenager Luke Chambers handed the start in Thursday’s 5-1 Europa League rout of French side Toulouse
Fellow youngster Callum Scanlon also got minutes in that game, while Jurgen Klopp has also namechecked Joe Gomez as a potential left-back option if required.
But it should be Tsimikas who starts there again on Sunday, with a mostly unchanged XI expected from last weekend’s derby after Liverpool’s European exploits.
The likes of Thiago Alcantara and Stefan Bajcetic are still out injured, while youngster Ben Doak has also been sidelined of late and Curtis Jones serves the final match of his suspension this weekend.
The back five and midfield trio seem pretty set, but the only alterations from Klopp could come with who joins Mohamed Salah in the front three with the Egyptian having broken Thierry Henry’s 18-year record on Thursday as the Premier League player with the most-ever European goals for one club.
Salah got a last-gasp goal in a 20-minute cameo against Toulouse but will surely start again here, with Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota having led the line in the Europa League.
