Meanwhile, in Colombia, Luis Díaz scored a storybook double past clubmate Alisson to give his side a famous victory over Brazil, and Darwin Núñez was on target as Uruguay ended a 14-match winning run for world champion Argentina. The pair are back in action on Tuesday night against Paraguay and Bolivia respectively as South American World Cup qualifying continues.
Over in Europe, Dominik Szoboszlai scored two goals in as many minutes as Hungary, already assured of a place at Euro 2024, rallied to beat Montenegro 3-1. Szoboszlai can now return to Liverpool, with his work for this month’s break done. Trent Alexander-Arnold produced a player-of-the-match performance as England beat Malta 2-0 on Friday night and could be back in action on Monday as the Three Lions round off their qualifying campaign against North Macedonia. Meanwhile, captain Virgil van Dijk helped the Netherlands shut out Ireland in a 1-0 victory on Saturday, and will lead his side out against Gibraltar on Tuesday. As we wait for the club season to resume, here are the latest Liverpool.com stories that you can’t afford to miss.
Man City injury list before Liverpool Kevin de Bruyne and Mateo Kovačić are out, John Stones is a serious doubt and Ederson, Nathan Aké and Matheus Nunes have all had to withdrawn from their nations’ November fixtures. Read more on this by clicking here. Luis Díaz in Philippe Coutinho parallel but Liverpool transfer reality clear When Coutinho left, Barcelona represented clear a step up, because the Reds were still in the early stages of the Jürgen Klopp project. Now, however, it would be a sideways move at best, with Anfield firmly established as an end-point for players rather than a mere stop on the route to the very top.
It’s largely been a successful international break for some of the big names at Liverpool so far. Mohamed Salah has had the most spectacular game up to this point, netting four times as Egypt thrashed Djibouti 6-0 on Thursday.
Manchester City faces six potential injury concerns before its clash with Liverpool on Saturday. Striker Erling Haaland will reportedly be fit to play after a scare on international duty, but the injury list has grown for Pep Guardiola since the 4-4 draw with Chelsea last time out.
Hearing the father of Luis Díaz talking about his son’s admiration for Barcelona may bring back memories of Philippe Coutinho’s 2018 exit, but the circumstances now are very different. Luis Manuel Díaz told Win Sports, via Sport Witness, that the winger is ‘a loyal Barcelona fan and it would be his dream to go there’, though he also said he knew ‘very little’ about any possible transfer.
