Three Liverpool players have dropped hints as to their involvement in Liverpool’s Premier League meeting with Manchester United as they look to regain tip-top form. After winning their first seven games this season in all competitions, the Reds fell to three losses in a row before October’s international break and both of their Premier League defeats saw the team concede stoppage-time winners.
The return of the Premier League sees Liverpool given the perfect opportunity to bounce back. Arne Slot’s men take on Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.
For that game, Slot till have to make a decision on the inclusion of big-money summer signing Florian Wirtz. The attacking midfielder was placed on the subs bench for their clash against Chelsea.
While Wirtz has not posted anything on social media, some of his team-mates have. Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch has shared a video on social media showing Anfield and then cutting to a pre-match graphic previewing the game.
He was joined by full-back Jeremie Frimpong who has shared a graphic previewing the fixture, which includes the words to; ‘You’ll never walk alone’.
The third player to preview the game on social media is midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai. He has shared a pre-match graphic that includes himself in a Liverpool kit and Anfield in the background.
While these graphics don’t necessarily confirm that players starting a game, it does suggest that they are set to be part of the Liverpool squad – as expected. Both Gravenberch and Szoboszlai have been regulars in the starting line-up this season, but it’s not the same story for Frimpong.
The club’s summer signing missed the Premier League games with Newcastle United and Arsenal back in August, owing to a hamstring injury. Despite returning from the problem he is yet to start in the Premier League since and was an unused substitute for the defeat against Chelsea before the international break.
He came on as a second-half substitute against Crystal Palace late last month, but was blamed by Slot for the Eagles’ stoppage-time winner. “We can only blame ourselves for defending the way we did,” the manager said.
“One of our players ran out because he wanted to play a counter-attack, which was of no use because time was up, so it was only about defending. One player was too offensively minded – in that moment – which led to them scoring the winner and us losing the game.”
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