A trip to Aston Villa is up next on the agenda with another quick turnaround on Wednesday night, followed swiftly by a huge visit to Manchester City and then Newcastle head to Anfield for a top-flight contest that serves as a dress rehearsal for next month’s Carabao Cup final, which comes before another Merseyside derby.
Liverpool will definitely have Curtis Jones back in contention against Villa after he served his one-match suspension in the win over Wolves, while it remains to be seen if Slot or assistant Sipke Hulshoff will be in the dugout having both been hit with Football Association (FA) charges following their respective post-match red cards at Goodison Park.
Diogo Jota took his place in Liverpool’s front three against Wolves instead as he started in the league for the first time since October 20, picked ahead of Darwin Nunez to play a central role in attack alongside Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz.
While it certainly wasn’t the best of performances to bounce back from a shock FA Cup exit at Plymouth and the Merseyside derby mayhem against Everton, it was nevertheless an important victory for Liverpool as they face some tough fixtures coming up in such a short space of time.
Joe Gomez missed the whole of January with a hamstring injury suffered against West Ham in Liverpool’s final fixture of 2024, returning to action with a start last weekend against Championship strugglers Plymouth in the FA Cup.
