Liverpool squad for today’s Premier League clash with Brighton. The centre-half needs to be relied upon to stay fit over the Christmas period with Liverpool’s current injury crisis.Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk are out long-term, and Trent Alexander-Arnold is also sidelined at present.It means three of Jurgen Klopp’s four first-choice stars from his backline are unavailable right now.And the Reds manager is taking no chances when it comes to the fitness of Matip.The 29-year-old played on Wednesday in Liverpool’s 2-0 Champions League defeat at home to Atalanta.He came off after 84 minutes for winger Takumi Minamino, who starts today on the south coast.
Read more on dailystar.co.uk