{"id":301662,"date":"2023-12-06T23:26:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T23:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301662"},"modified":"2023-12-06T23:26:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T23:26:50","slug":"the-notebook-liverpools-injury-problems-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/the-notebook-liverpools-injury-problems-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"THE NOTEBOOK: Liverpool's injury problems continue"},"content":{"rendered":"
Liverpool won 2-0 away to Sheffield United to go two points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal.<\/p>\n
Virgil van Dijk put Jurgen Klopp’s side in the ascendancy before Dominik\u00a0Szoboszlai added a second goal late on.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mail Sport’s Lewis Steele brings you the things you may have missed from the game at Bramall Lane.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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No festive cheer for Liverpool’s physios\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Sports physiotherapists can relate to Santa and retail workers, as they also have their busiest period during Christmas, it would seem.<\/p>\n Liverpool, like many other Premier League clubs, have a mounting injury crisis.<\/p>\n Jurgen Klopp labelled the festive season as the \u2018toughest period in world football\u2019 last week and will negotiate most of it without several key men including Alisson, Andy Robertson and latest concern Joel Matip.<\/p>\n It meant the Reds had to name two goalkeepers on the bench \u2014 Adrian and Marcelo Pitaluga, who spent time on loan at non-League Macclesfield last season.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Joel Matip is the latest injury concern as Liverpool’s problems on the fitness front continue<\/p>\n Sheffield United legend Billy Sharp in attendance\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n Chris Wilder wasn\u2019t the only Blades legend returning to Bramall Lane on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n Former striker Billy Sharp, who scored 129 goals in 377 games for the club, was part of Amazon Prime\u2019s punditry team as the 37-year-old plots his next steps, having recently finished a stint at LA Galaxy. Sharp has never minced his words, so should make a good pundit.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sheffield United legend Billy Sharp attended the game as a pundit for Amazon Prime<\/p>\n Sheffield United may have the best pre-match anthem\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Is there a better pre-match anthem than the Blades\u2019 Greasy Chip Butty song? \u2018You fill up my senses\u2026 like a night out in Sheffield, like a greasy chip butty, like Sheffield United\u2026\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sheffield United may have the best pre-match anthem with their Greasy Chip Butty song<\/p>\n It’s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\nIT’S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n