Liverpool will be missing three players against Aston Villa this midweek with Arne Slot's team looking to move 10 points clear at the top of the table.

The 22-year-old has had successful surgery on a shoulder injury and will be sidelined for a while, though he would have been unlikely to feature much in the meantime anyway.

"I think Villa away, when you get the fixture list, you all know that Villa away is one of the tougher ones you can face," Slot said on the game in general.



So, [a] very good manager, always has a very good game plan.

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"They brought in quite a lot of good players in the winter break as well and they already had a very good team

But that's what I started with, Wolves at home was also tough for us, so every game in this period of time for every team in the league is difficult."

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Not having Gakpo is a blow but in Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez, there should be good options who can score goals