A slot could replace Gakpo by launching Liverpool star in a fresh role

Enthusiasm turned into deflation as Liverpool On Wednesday night he received the last goal in the Merseyside derby, James Tarkowski shot outside Alisson to save a point in the last conflict between Reds and Everton at Goodison Park.
However, it was Liverpool’s game in the hand, originally scheduled for December, but refused because of Storm Darragh, so the scored by Liverpool seven points pure of runner -up Arsenal, who closed the void on four points on Saturday after defeating Leicester City .
Liverpool can restore their command leadership to the summit Premier league with a win at Anfield Wolverhampton Wanderers This afternoon. On paper, this is winning the hosts winning, but the old gold is just slightly above the fall zone and won Aston Villa in his last top exit.
Liverpool vs Wolves – the last 5 meetings on Anfield |
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Season |
Competition |
Result |
23/24 |
Premier league |
2-0 victory |
22/23 |
Premier league |
2-0 victory |
22/23 |
Fa cup |
2-2 |
21/22 |
Premier league |
3-1 wins |
20/21 |
Premier league |
4-0 victory |
While Liverpool will be convinced that it is enough for them to turn their guests turn, Groove He has to fight with a series of injuries.
Liverpool expect absent
Frenetic Merseyside Clash could call on a slot on Wednesday to make one or two changes, especially with a quick turn needed before arriving at Villa Park in Villa Park.
Curtis Jones He does not meet the conditions for this after his part in Ruckus after the match in Goodison, resulting in the second reservation of Judge Michael Oliver. The slot is charged but a liquid judicial procedure means that it is It is expected to be in excavation this afternoon.
Meanwhile, Trent Alexander-Arnold We will ask you to return to the starting lineup after the fitness, replacing Conor Bradley.
Joe Gomez and Tyler Morton are left side, although the ex is not too far away from returning to the first team training.
If the gakpo cares aside for this, the slot will need to find a way to maintain the overall fluid of a successful line. Fortunately, Liverpool is not very deprived of the possibility.
Players who could replace the Cody Gakpoo
The most obvious choice that will replace the gakpo on the left flank is Luis Diaz. After all, Colombian is a wing player, which is only shown this season in a false-deveth type of focal role due to the dissatisfaction of the SLOT Darwin NunezWho has six goals out of 33 games.
Liverpool Statistics per position (24/25) |
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Luis Diaz |
Apps |
Goals |
Helping |
Left wing player |
21 |
5 |
3 |
Central |
11 |
6 |
0 |
Right wing player |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Statistics through Transfermarkt |
Whether Nunez is presented with the initial embroidery remains to be seen, but Uruguay has suffered a cloth form throughout the campaign, and the slot seems to make it easier to release 25-year-olds in late stages, using your pace and energy to choose the defense leg.
Diaz is a player going through waves of powerful form, but has shown through more naked appearances against such as Tottenham Hotspur and Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League he can in the middle. The Colombian Game is also more than just a goalkeeper, with smooth movement and intelligent decisions that allow free to achieve success such as Gakpo and Mohamed Salah.
The groove knows what he is doing and if he wants to keep Diaz in the centerpiece, an interesting change could be liberation Diogo Jota on the left side with a view of the imitation of the pantyness of the fertility.
While Salah separates Europe with so many goals and assists, there is a feeling that a 32-year-old talisman needs a strong burden. Diaz, for example, has passed five Premier League games without any participation in the goal.
However, Gakpo managed, inserting himself Seven direct appearances Anfield.
Because of this, Jota could be so important to the home side, especially with the additional incentive to impress his former suit, for whom Liverpool paid £ 41 million in 2020.
The “deadly” finisher in the last third, as he said BBC analyst Raj ChohanJota is classified among the top 13% of the Premier League attackers in 2024/25. For goals scored (0.71), According to FBREF -uAlso among the first 1% to touch in an attack criminal area and the upper 4% for progressive carriers of 90 each.
Wearing is considered progressive if the ball moves towards the opponent’s goal at least 10 meters from its initial point or transmitted to the penalty area.
This perfectly illustrates the innate meaning of the goalkeeper of the Portuguese International and his athletism, deceptively tickled on the ball and endowed with a positioned feeling that Salah and Diaz can use to find it with fresh passage or confusing movements, creating space.
One of Jot’s superpowers is his ability to effortlessly to be given throughout the line. He is capable of both legs and surprisingly skilled in the air. The slot tends to arrange it in advance but with 85 goals from 178 games On the left wing, Jota is hardly unverified in the area.
This shows that Liverpool has such an impressive depth power and there is certainly enough for afternoon visitors to the sword. Jota will surely be eager to make his mark after missing a lot of action in the last few months due to injury.
The warning is that the 28-year-old, who is appreciated as one of the team Most “clinical” players Jamie Carragher, cannot boast the best record on the Molineux side. Won all seven fasteners against wolves but has only once achieved, supplying two assists.
However, with 64 goals of Liverpool and 21 further assists Of the 104 initial occurrence from the transition to Merseyside, Jota is an immensely dangerous presence in the last third with a skill of wearing a ball and a sharp awareness of stepping into GAKPO boots and providing the left side with certainty needed to reduce the load of Salah.
Liverpool must be deducted from Zastoj in Everton, and with the victory over the wolves, the fans will be excited by approaching one place closer to raising the Premier League title for the first time under the slot wing.
Wouldn’t that be anything?