Liverpool have sidestepped two potential suspensions as Premier League prepare to alter rules for remainder of the season
Liverpool have avoided a potential disciplinary headache ahead of the season’s second Premier League yellow card amnesty.
Both Wataru Endo and Darwin Nunez went into Sunday’s visit to Manchester United aware that a ninth booking would place them in danger of missing a chunk of the title run-in with the Reds challenging Arsenal and Manchester City for the championship.
Players who accrue 10 bookings in the Premier League by the 32nd game are handed an automatic two-game suspension.
Endo had picked up a eighth league caution of the season in the 2-1 home win over Brighton last week while Nunez has been in a similar situation for two months having most recently been booked in the top flight in the Anfield triumph over Burnley in February.
However, that both Endo and Nunez avoided being yellow-carded at Old Trafford means that, with Liverpool playing their 32nd league game of the campaign at home to Crystal Palace this coming Sunday, they cannot reach the 10-booking mark until after the latest amnesty. They will, of course, be suspended regardless should they be sent off in the fixture.
