Liverpool, Arne Slot receive blessing in disguise as 24-year-old suspended for West Ham game

Liverpool person mislaid cardinal midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai to suspension for their travel to West Ham United successful the Premier League this weekend.

The Hungary planetary was connected 4 yellowish cards for the play earlier the sojourn of Leicester City connected Boxing Day, wherever helium was dropped from the archetypal XI successful favour of Curtis Jones.

The 24-year-old's demotion whitethorn precise good person been down to his disciplinary record, but caput manager Arne Slot inactive saw acceptable to present Szoboszlai midway done the 2nd period.

That determination backfired, though, arsenic Szoboszlai went into referee Darren Bond's publication for cynically chopping down Leicester scorer Jordan Ayew arsenic helium tried to pb a counter-attack.

Having picked up a milestone 5th yellowish paper successful the archetypal 19 games of the Premier League season, the ex-RB Leipzig antheral has incurred a one-match suspension, which helium volition service distant to West Ham connected Sunday.

However, had Szoboszlai travel done Thursday's crippled cleanable but been cautioned successful the clash with the Irons instead, helium would beryllium sitting retired the crunch fixture astatine location to bitter rivals Manchester United connected January 5.

Ayew stunned Anfield into soundlessness with the archetypal extremity of the evening connected Boxing Day, but Cody Gakpo, Jones and Mohamed Salah responded for the league-leading Reds, who were bidding to instrumentality vantage of Chelsea's daze 2-1 location nonaccomplishment to Fulham.

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