Joe Gomez is back for Liverpool following a short absence through injury.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that Joe Gomez is fit again.
The English centre-back sat out Saturday’s shock defeat by Watford in the Premier League, ending the Reds’ 44-match unbeaten run.
Dejan Lovren started in his place and a lot of Liverpool fans blamed him for the 3-0 defeat that followed at Vicarage Road.
Gomez and Virgil van Dijk appear to be Klopp’s strongest first-choice duo at centre-back.
And fans of the Anfield club are delighted that Gomez – a £3.5 million signing under Brendan Rodgers in 2015 [The Guardian] – is available for selection again ahead of tomorrow’s FA Cup clash with Chelsea.
Here’s how they reacted to the news:
This is a big boost. Lovren wasn’t as complicit in Saturday’s defeat as a lot of supporters made out, because Van Dijk and several other big-name players weren’t at their best either.
But the former Charlton starlet is still a stronger central defender than his Croatian counterpart, whose confidence must’ve taken a knock after the Watford mauling.
If Klopp plays senior players against the Blues, it has to be Gomez and Van Dijk.
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