man Liverpool squad train ahead of Champions League

With one notable absentee and Arne Slot watching on, 22 first-team players trained ahead of Liverpool’s trip to play Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League.

Today’s Main LFC Headline

Twenty-two Liverpool players took part in first-team training before flying to Germany on Tuesday afternoon, with Ryan Gravenberch the notable missing figure.

Along with Alisson, Giovanni Leoni, Stefan Bajcetic and Jayden Danns, the midfielder was sidelined due to an ankle injury sustained against Man United on Sunday.

In more positive news, though, Wataru Endo returned from injury to train, having missed the international break and Man United match due to a hamstring problem.

Here were the 22 players in training:

Goalkeepers: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Pecsi

Defenders: Van Dijk, Konate, Gomez, Kerkez, Bradley, Frimpong, Robertson

Midfielders: Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Wirtz, Jones, Endo, Nyoni

Forwards: Salah, Isak, Gakpo, Ekitike, Chiesa, Ngumoha

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Today’s Liverpool FC News

• According to The i Paper‘s Mark Douglas, a regular source for Bournemouth news, Liverpool are “considering whether to push the button” for Antoine Semenyo in January – his attacking versatility could be a real asset

• Liverpool have avoided losing Rio Ngumoha to the England for the upcoming U17 World Cup – he is now involved with the under-19s instead

• Eintracht Frankfurt manager Dino Toppmoller has revealed one starter for his team against Liverpool, confirming goalkeeper Kaua Santos will be dropped for Michael Zetterer

• Liverpool Women‘s Sophie Roman Haug has suffered an ACL injury and will undergo surgery soon – including Marie Hobinger and Zara Shaw, there are now three players out with ACL injuries in the squad

Elsewhere in the football world today

• Sean Dyche has been officially confirmed as the new manager of Nottingham Forest – wonder if he will get longer than Ange Postecoglou’s eight games…

• Morgan Rogers is in the early stages of discussing a new contract that could last until 2031 at Aston Villa (Sky Sports) – that would certainly put his price up!

• Real Madrid‘s Thibaut Courtois has become the latest player to criticise the decision to play Villarreal vs. Barcelona in Miami, saying it is “not fair”

Liverpool FC: On this day

It was on October 21 in 1978 that Bob Paisley won his 100th league game as Liverpool manager in his 179th league match.

The occasion was a home fixture against Chelsea which Liverpool won 2-1, thanks to goals from David Johnson and Kenny Dalglish.

Liverpool would go on to win the league that season with a record points tally of 68 (when a win was worth two points).

Goalkeeper Ray Clemence kept 28 clean sheets that season as the Reds conceded just four goals at home – how Liverpool could do with some of that stability now!

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