1. After 19 games in the Premier League, players can no longer receive a one-match ban for five yellow cards. But the warning won’t go away just like that, and if he receives 10 yellow cards in the first 32 games, the sanction will extend to a two-match ban. Wataru Endo and Trent Alexander-Arnold could be heading to Newcastle after scoring against Arsenal and Burnley.
The pair have now received three yellow cards and no other Liverpool players face suspension. Alexis McAllister received a one-match ban for five yellow cards and missed the 3-0 win against Brentford in November. Joe Gomez, Ibrahima Konate and Joel Matip (out for the rest of the season after undergoing cruciate ligament surgery) are the only players to have received multiple yellow cards in the competition so far. So far, only three regulars – Kostas Tsimikas, Cody Gakpo and Ryan Gravenburch – have avoided yellow cards. Nunez’ absence will be a major blow for Liverpool, although their clean sheet was extended to 11 with Wednesday’s 5-1 win over West Ham. Ben Doak joins Diogo Jota on the long-term absentee list after recent knee surgery, leaving Gakpo, Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz as the other fit senior forwards. A young Bobby Clarke reached the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup, but he had just returned from a long-term injury and after two-and-a-half months, Liverpool U21s won the return.
Darwin Núñez faces a suspension for Liverpool’s final Premier League game of the year, with the striker forced to avoid a yellow card against Arsenal. The end of 2023 is fast approaching and Liverpool still have two games to go before the new year. Arsenal travel to Anfield on Saturday and Burnley on Boxing Day. However, one Liverpool player is in danger of missing the match against Burnley, with Núñez picking up a yellow card after already serving a one-match ban.The Uruguayan needlessly picked up his fourth yellow card of the Premier League season in Sunday’s 0-0 draw with Manchester United – his third in his last five games – and will be ruled out for the game against Arsenal.
If he misses something on Saturday and instead receives a yellow card against Burnley, Nunez will be ruled out for the home game against Newcastle on January
