Liverpool have been dealt a further injury blow

The Uruguayan has been out of the gym for the previous several days due to an unnamed "minor" ailment. Given the amount of players who have previously missed games, manager Jurgen Klopp will want to give Nunez every opportunity to play. Long-term injured players include Diogo Jota (calf) and Luis Diaz (knee), while Roberto Firmino (calf) has been absent since the post-World Cup comeback.

Virgil van Dijk, a defender, suffered a hamstring injury during the most recent loss to Brentford. The cause of so many injury setbacks will be a major topic of discussion when Klopp analyses why his team has struggled to stay up with the championship contenders. There is little question that the intensity of his workload has had an impact on his physical problems, such as those that Van Dijk is experiencing.