Liverpool kick off this weekend’s fixtures 4 factors clear on the prime of the Premier League with a sport in hand on everyone however Everton.
The Reds journey to the Gtech Neighborhood Stadium to tackle Brentford within the Premier League on Saturday and their coaching squad on Thursday was lacking Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz.
Diaz performed 75 minutes because the Reds drew with Nottingham Forest on Saturday. He was changed by Curtis Jones as Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot seemed for one more well beyond Forest’s defence to show one level into all three.
Luis Diaz ought to be accessible for Liverpool
Whereas Jota is an damage doubt for Saturday’s fixture, Diaz isn’t injured and Slot expects him to be accessible to play towards Brentford.
“I assume he’s [OK],” the Liverpool boss instructed reporters at his pre-match press convention on Friday. “Yesterday he wasn’t allowed [at training] as a result of he had, I feel it was, a little bit of a sore throat. However I assume he will likely be coaching with us immediately.”
Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo and Darwin Nunez will all be accessible if Diaz isn’t deemed match to return to the fold. Federico Chiesa may also be an possibility after he was an unused substitute in Liverpool’s first to Premier League video games of 2025 both aspect of his first Reds aim towards Accrington Stanley within the FA Cup.
Diaz is ranked at quantity 4 in FourFourTwo’s checklist of one of the best left-wingers on the planet proper now and has featured in every of Liverpool’s Premier League fixtures this season other than a house win towards Leicester Metropolis on Boxing Day, when he was an unused substitute.
He has began 14 of the opposite 19, scoring eight targets in addition to a hat-trick towards Bayer Leverkusen within the Champions League and a Carabao Cup aim towards Brighton & Hove Albion in October.
Although there was some criticism of a barely tame particular person efficiency towards Forest, Diaz has been essential for the Premier League leaders this season. Solely Salah has scored extra instances and solely eight of his team-mates have performed extra league minutes in 2024-25.
Gakpo. Nunez and Jota have all performed lower than Diaz, whereas Chiesa continues to work his manner again to full health however has performed simply 18 minutes within the Premier League.
Liverpool are going nice weapons this season and stay clear favourites to win their second title of the Premier League period, however they drew their final two video games and scored solely thrice towards Manchester United and Forest mixed.
That’s a stable return by most groups’ requirements, but it surely’s a dip in comparison with Liverpool’s season common. Restricted choices up entrance wouldn’t assist Slot to appropriate course and Diaz’s in all probability availability could be welcome for the Reds.
