Ahead of Sunday’s massive Premier League headliner fixture at home versus Manchester City, Liverpool have suffered two new injury concerns. Defender Conor Bradley suffered a hamstring injury in midweek Champions League action and Ibrahima Konate was seen in obvious leg pain/discomfort.
Both are doubts, at the very least, for the 1st place versus 2nd place crunch clash on Sunday.
Liverpool FC vs Manchester City FYIs
Kick: Sun. Dec. 1, 2pm, Anfield, Liverpool, UK
Starting XI Predictions: Liverpool FC Manchester City
Google Result Probability: Liverpool 46% Manchester City 28% Draw 26%
Premier League Standing, Form: Liverpool 1st, 31 pts, WDWWWL Manchester City 2nd, 23 pts, WWWLL
Team News for Both Sides
In addition, the Reds will still be without the services of Alisson, Diogo Jota, Federico Chiesa and Kostas Tsimikas. So Arne Slot, despite his currently riding high in multiple competitions, will still have selection limitations here. Shifting gears to Manchester City, Jeremy Doku has returned to training, and could be passed fit to be selected to feature in the attack.
Other than that, nothing else has changed, injury/fitness wise. John Stones, Rodri, Oscar Bobb and Mateo Kovacic remain out as long-term absentees.
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