Liverpool will be willing to avoid another slip when they visit Manchester City on Sunday.
The Reds have been held in a draw in the last two Premier League games-in Everton and Aston Villa-and now only eight points in front of the second Placed Arsenal have played more.
Gunners can move to five from the start to Etihad as they host West Ham on Saturday afternoon.
Liverpool played well in Villa Park, much better than they did last Sunday, when they dug the Wolves 2-1 in Anfield, but seemed nervous.
Darwin Nuzo will hope to play better if he was called after missing a chance against the villa. Arne Slot boss was not disturbed by Miss herself, more than Uruguay’s reaction.
He said: “I can accept every one missing, especially from a player who scored two very important goals against Brdford.
“In the game against the villa, I would prefer to score, but the word ‘opportunity’ says everything – it’s an ‘opportunity’. It’s not 100% sure that the ball comes in.
“But what was a little harder for me to accept was his behavior after this opportunity. And with ‘behavior’ I mean, I think he got too much on his head and it wasn’t the usual Darwin who works A ** And he takes care to help the team.
“I think he was very disappointed after missing this opportunity.”
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Manchester City will hope to bounce from the average week against Real Madrid, a 3-0 defeat that described the magnitude of the review required at Etihad.
It seems that time has caught many of their aging stars and Pep Guardiola has a great summer for rebuilding in front of him.
The recent performances of the city championship were wildly inconsistent. They beat Newcastle 4-0 last weekend, two weeks after a 5-1 loss to Arsenal.
Injuries to Manchester City by Liverpool
Guardiola will hope that Erling Haaland will be available as he was not suitable enough to get out of the bench in Madrid, while John Stones is definitely out.
Manuel Akanji remains sidelined.
The main doubt of Liverpool’s injury is Cody Gakpo. The Dutch international has lost the last two games, but Slot said it would be a “close call” to whether he would join Etihad.
Liverpool’s boss does not expect that the right Conor Bradley will make the city’s game or a mid -week conflict with Newcastle.
Joe Gomez just had surgery in a hamstring, but the reception does not exclude the possibility of the English returning before the end of the season.
Manchester City: Ederson; Lewis, Dias, Ake, Gvardol. Gonzalez, Kovicic, De Bruyne, Marmouosh, Savinho. Hayland
Liverpool: Alisson? Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Konate, Robertson. Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Szoboszlai, Gakpo. Divorce
