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Joe Gomez and Cody Gakpo have both been sidelined for Liverpool(Image: Carl Recine/Getty Images)

Arne Slot has revealed that Cody Gakpo remains a doubt to face Manchester City on Sunday.

And the Liverpool boss has also confirmed that Joe Gomez has undergone surgery on a hamstring injury.

Gakpo has missed Liverpool’s last two matches after suffering a knock in last week’s 2-2 draw with Everton while Gomez has suffered a reoccurrence of a previous injury when he was forced off early on when making his comeback against Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup.

Slot has not given up hope of Gakpo making his return against City, but admitted the forward is yet to return to team training.

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And the Reds boss also confirmed that Gomez will now be ruled out until the final weeks of the season.

“Let’s see, let’s see.

I hope (he is available),” Slot said of Gakpo.

It will be a close call.

“Joe Gomez had surgery for his hamstring injury so he’s out for a long time.

You can assume that’s not going to happen.”

Slot also explained his decision to substitute Diogo Jota and Trent Alexander-Arnold against the Villans as Liverpool continue to manage the pair carefully after injury, before sharing his belief that he does not think Ryan Gravenberch is suffering from burnout.

“These two players who are not injured, but they come back from an injury with (Diogo) Jota and Trent (Alexander-Arnold),” he said.

We could see this yesterday with Conor Bradley.”

Meanwhile of Gravenberch, Slot said: “There are only a few players in the world who can be a nine out of 10 every single three days.

“If you look at his age, he might, might, might eventually belong to that group of players - those two, three or four who can do this.
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