Overview
- Liverpool snapped a four-match losing run by routing Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1, with goals from Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konaté, Cody Gakpo, Dominik Szoboszlai and Hugo Ekitike.
- Jeremie Frimpong sustained a hamstring injury and is expected to be out for a few weeks, Alexander Isak felt groin tightness and is a doubt, and Alisson remains sidelined until around early November.
- Conor Bradley is in line to cover at right-back and Ekitike is set to lead the line, while Mohamed Salah’s six-game scoring drought continues as Slot says he expects the forward to start scoring again.
- Brentford host on Saturday after a 2-0 win at West Ham, with Igor Thiago on five league goals, as Liverpool look to steady poor recent away form in the capital.
- Elsewhere, Celtic advanced in Europe but Brendan Rodgers said Cameron Carter-Vickers faces an Achilles layoff of three to five months; the Islanders’ 18-year-old Matthew Schaefer delivered a game-winner early in his NHL tenure; and Stephen Curry scored 42 in the Warriors’ 137–131 overtime win over the Nuggets.