Liverpool will look to put Sunday’s defeat to Fulham behind them and bounce back with a win over West Ham this weekend.

The Reds fell to only their second Premier League defeat of the season last week, but must get back to winning ways at Anfield.

West Ham are the visitors, and with Graham Potter’s team struggling towards the bottom of the Premier League table, there’s little question that Liverpool are favourites.

Nevertheless, there were certainly some weaknesses on show from the Reds at Fulham, with the defence in particular looking incredibly shaky.

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Without a recognised right-back and with Caoimhin Kelleher continuing in the absence of Alisson Becker, it was not a full strength back-line for Liverpool.

And as he prepares his team for the visit of the Hammers, Arne Slot has confirmed whether he’s expecting to have Alisson and Conor Bradley come back in on Sunday.

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Liverpool got away without both Bradley and Alisson during the Merseyside Derby win over Everton.

But it was clear that both were missed at Fulham.

Bradley was excellent from the bench and having had another full week in training, it had looked positive on the 21-year-old being involved against West Ham.

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This was put to Slot during his pre-match press conference on Friday, while the Liverpool head coach also confirmed the return of Alisson.

“Yes, he is,” Slot said when asked if his starting goalkeeper is available, before also declaring that Bradley is likely to start.

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“Of course it’s a boost when quality players come back, especially in that position,” said Dutchman.

“So, to have a player in his favourite position might be better for the team and Conor has done so well for this season, just like Trent, but when Trent isn’t there you always hope to look behind you and see that Conor is available but if he isn’t then we have to solve that problem.

“We’ve tried to bring the best out of it, it worked really well against Everton,” Slot continued.

“I thought Curtis did well against Fulham also, he was involved in the goal but he couldn’t do much about that.

But now to have Conor back, I think we all would make the same decision and that’s playing Conor.”

Although it is really positive news that both Bradley and Alisson will be back for Liverpool, there are still a couple of players who will not be fit for West Ham.

As Slot alluded to, Trent Alexander-Arnold is still not ready and is facing a race against time to be back before the end of the season.

Joe Gomez is still missing as well, meaning Bradley is Slot’s only recognised option at right-back.

With Liverpool much improved against Fulham once the Northern Irishman entered the pitch last weekend, the hope will be that the Reds are better from the start against West Ham.

Alisson should help matters too, as Liverpool go in search of the Premier League title.
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