It is good news, bad news when it comes to Liverpool FC and their injury/fitness situation. English defender Joe Gomez suffered a hamstring injury, in the 5-0 blowout of West Ham United, and the prognosis is he’ll be out awhile.
It has been confirmed that Gomez will be absent for the next few weeks, as he tends to his recovery.
Manchester United at Liverpool FYIs
Kickoff: Sat. Jan 4, 4:30 pm, Anfield, Liverpool, UK
PL Form, Standing: Manchester United LWLLL 14th, 22 pts Liverpool FC DDWWW 1st, 45 pts
Match Prediction: go here
Starting XI Predictions for both sides: go here
Google Result Probability: Liverpool 75% Draw 15% Manchester United 10%
Team News for Both News
That’s the bad news; now for the good- Ibrahima Konate and Conor Bradley are back in full training, and thus likely available for selection on Sunday.
Shifting gears to United, the Marcus Rashford situation has certainly been exceedingly discussed and over-analyzed enough, but now apparently he is ill as well.
So now he’s sick, in addition to not being a part of the plan anymore and frozen out of the team.
Or the “illness” is just the party line/excuse for why he’s not playing. Other than that, we don’t have any new injury/unavailability news to discuss. Luke Shaw, Victor Lindelof and Mason Mount remain out of commission long-term.
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