Liverpool return to Champions League action tonight when they take on PSV at Anfield. The Reds head into the game on the back of a 3-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest at the weekend.
Arne Slot’s side have lost eight and won just three of the last 11 matches in all competitions. However, two of those victories have come in the Champions League against Eintracht Frankfurt and Real Madrid.
However, the Reds are set to be without Florian Wirtz for tonight’s game. The German international, along with Conor Bradley and Jeremie Frimpong, missed yesterday’s training session.
Giovanni Leoni is a long-term absentee due to an anterior cruciate ligament tear, but Joe Gomez is available, with Slot saying on Tuesday: “He is one of the five defenders we have [available].
“Normally I wouldn’t go into detail, maybe that much but he had an injection last week on his knee. So, that means that’s normally not because you don’t feel anything.
“Although, he is in the group tomorrow, as he was on Saturday. But [he] wasn’t able to train last week every single time.”
PSV have only won four of their Champions League games so far this season, but that win was a huge 6-2 victory over Napoli. But Peter Bosz’s side arrive on Merseyside having not tasted defeat in for 11 games.
The Dutch side will be without Alassane Plea and Ruben van Bommel for tonight’s game, and Bosz shut down the suggestion that this is a good time for his side to play Liverpool.
View 2 ImagesPeter Bosz had his say on PSV’s clash with Liverpool(Image: (ANP via Getty Images))
He said: “I haven’t got a crystal ball. I’d rather play against a team that is not in form than one which is.”
Bosz added: “We’re going to try to play football, dare to play football. So, when you’re better in possession then it’s easier than when you have to defend.
“Really important game, also with the points at stake. But this is the same way in every match in the Champions League.
“[I will tell the players] that we have to be PSV, the way we want to play. Liverpool are the same, they have got their own way of playing. So, tomorrow it’s all about who is going to do that the best.”
