00:00 It's certainly a remarkable injury situation that Liverpool find themselves in. Do you
00:07 feel this will falter their championship triumph and their race for that title? Obviously,
00:14 they've still got to play the likes of City, they've got a Merseyside derby, they've
00:18 got Man Utd, Spurs, Villa. These are all big games that they still have to play and it's
00:23 quite unlikely that they're going to be able to fill this full Strength 11.
00:28 They need players back, you're spot on. As we speak now, they play Southampton in the
00:34 Cup on Wednesday. It'll be interesting to see if any players can get back for that.
00:38 Obviously, the three mentioned, Nunes, Salah and Subhoslai, but will they start? Does Jadon
00:43 Clock look at the FA Cup now and think, 'for all Liverpool fans would love four trophies,
00:51 do you have to sacrifice one now?' Because the players on the last legs against Chelsea,
00:58 like Wataru Endo, left the ground wearing a protective boot and Klopp said that Lewis
01:02 D has and Javier L, they just told him to stay in front towards the end because they
01:06 couldn't get back. So, do you sacrifice that now? As you say, the title is the main trophy
01:12 and if Liverpool don't get players back, if they keep picking up injuries, then it
01:17 is going to derail them because we know City are so strong. They finish the season so strong
01:24 every year, aren't they? Arsenal, after their winter break, come back and they look really
01:32 rejuvenated. I don't know what they were doing over in Dubai, but fair play to Mikel Artesuri,
01:37 he's got them firing again. And Liverpool are depleted, let's be frank. You can't put
01:45 it any other way. They need options back. So, for me, as we speak, it wouldn't be a
01:50 surprise if he does play a very weakened team against Southampton, prioritises that game
01:55 against Nottingham Forest and then the week after that, you've got Sparta Prague in the
02:00 Europa League, which is going to be a tricky fixture and then you say you've got Manchester
02:05 City in the league, which could be a potential decider. We know City are starting to get
02:11 bodies back as well. Obviously, Harlan's back and Tabourin's back now and Jack Grealish
02:17 has returned early and a lot of people expected that's going to be a massive game. Liverpool
02:23 have a record and I'm feeling City is tremendous, but it's going to be difficult without some
02:30 of the players. You would like to think that Salah will be back by then, Nunes will be
02:34 back by then and Samoa Sly will be back by then. Three big players will be back. So that
02:41 will be a boost. And then if you can get a point out of that and then go from there,
02:45 then Liverpool will be very happy. It will be interesting to see what happens in terms
02:50 of players' returns.
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