'Going to take' - Arne Slot provides worrying Liverpool injury update on Joe Gomez

Arne Slot has provided an injury update on Joe Gomez after being forced off in Liverpool's routing of West Ham United.

The Reds ended 2024 with an enthralling 5-0 victory at the London Stadium and restore an eight-point lead at the top of the Premier League. However, the only disappointment was that Gomez was withdrawn in the first half of the triumph as he sustained a hamstring issue. Liverpool are already without fellow centre-back Ibrahima Konate, who has a knee issue, while right-back Conor Bradley is sidelined with a hamstring problem of his own.

And Slot has admitted that he expects Gomez to be absent for a period given the nature of his setback. Speaking after the West Ham win, Slot told Sky Sports: “If a player says he wants to stop, he has to be changed. We all know it's a hamstring. It's going to take a while before he is back. I don't know how long, he will be out for quite a bit and these situations can happen in a season.”