Team news from Liverpool | Slot without defensive duo

Arne Slot reports that Conor Bradley and Ibrahima Konate remain sidelined for our Premier League encounter at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday (4.30pm UK).

The pair were injured in Liverpool's win against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League on 27 November and represent the only members of Slot's squad unable to take part in team training.

Speaking at his pre-match press conference on Friday, Slot said: "These are the two that are still ‘in the red’, so they don’t train with us at the moment. They are on their way back but they don’t train with the team yet. The main thing is that if they come back, they are ready to come back and we must not focus on one, two or three days. It’s more important for the long term that they stay fit afterwards. Until now they have done really well and hopefully with Conor and Ibou the same thing happens."

Slot has been boosted by the return of forward Diogo Jota and defender Kostas Tsimikas in the last week - Jota came off the bench to score a late equaliser against Fulham last weekend and then joined Tsimikas back on the bench in the Carabao Cup quarter-final win at Southampton on Wednesday evening, where both came on in the second half.