Liverpool fans select who they want to see play instead of Arnold and Matip

Liverpool will face off against Genk tonight in the Champions League but will be without Joel Matip and Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Matip has a slight knee issue that will keep him out of the game, whilst Alexander-Arnold has a virus which prevented him from travelling to Belgium with his teammates.

Therefore, two of Liverpool’s first-choice back four are unavailable for tonight’s game, so who should replace them in the starting line-up?

Dejan Lovren, Joe Gomez and James Milner are the three most obvious candidates.

Lovren could come in to replace Matip, Milner could slot in at right-back if required, whilst Gomez can play in either role.

So, yesterday, I put a poll out on Twitter to see which combination of those three players Liverpool fans would like to see playing against Genk.

Here’s how the voting went:

https://twitter.com/stehoare/status/1186662086962831360

Of the 909 people who voted in the poll, 61% wanted to see Lovren play at centre-back with Gomez playing at right-back. That selection was the clear favourite ahead of Milner at right-back and Gomez at centre-back, which got 31% of votes

Read Liverpool Verdict

Liverpool playing Gomez at right-back is a bit more of a defensive option that Milner playing there, and in an away game in Europe, that might be a wise move, especially if Mohamed Salah is fit to start on the right-wing as he’s unlikely to give too much protection to his defender.

I personally agree with the voting. Lovren was very good against Leicester and I’d be happy to see him at centre-back with Gomez doing a job on the right.