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Liverpool will be without the suspended Hugo Ekitike as it takes on Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park this weekend, but Oliver Glasner has some issues of his own.
Winger Yeremy Pino, who has made a good start since arriving from Villarreal this summer, picked up a knock in Crystal Palace's win at West Ham United last weekend and had to be taken off.
"He had pain in his knee," Glasner said at the time. "We don’t know exactly what it is, so we’ll assess him tomorrow, and I think we’ll have a scan. Hopefully it’s not too serious, but he couldn’t continue playing."
Adam Wharton made a comeback from injury against West Ham, while Ismaila Sarr, who has caused Liverpool problems in the past, is expected to be back soon.
"It felt good,” Wharton told Palace TV when speaking about his return. "That's all I want to do: just play football.
"It's what I've been working on the last few weeks, getting my fitness back, getting ready, just to be available to help the team and play when I'm needed, so I'm glad.
"I thought we found the pockets well. The tens were getting in good positions — Daichi [Kamada] and Yeremy [Pino]. We got in those positions, and it was just the final pass, probably.
"But there were positives to take and I thought we played pretty well in the first half. They only had the chance at the end from the transition.
"Second half, we were a bit slow to start. Obviously, they got back in the game. We weren't playing as much, finding the spare man, finding the pockets.
"But as the half went on, I thought we grew into it and we started playing better again and took control again, I think."
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"Maybe the only criticism is that we didn't kill the game when we could kill it," Glasner said after the win over West Ham. "This is a little bit the story of this season until now.
"On the other side, it's good, we're still unbeaten, we have the second away win, so it's all on track.
"I also told the players that when I watch our game, I see many, many positive things, but I still see a lot of potential we have — so it’s good.
"Now, it's looking forward to one week of training, the first [full] week of training with this squad, and preparing for the Liverpool game."
Liverpool.com says: Crystal Palace will be a really tricky test for the Reds. They have a full game against them to learn from having met in the Community Shield a few weeks ago, and Arne Slot will want to see a different outcome here.
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