Newcastle v Liverpool: Premier League – live | Premier League

It’s Arne Slot’s turn to talk to Sky Sports, and despite some heroic filibustering to avoid the question^†, he eventually succumbs and confirms that Dominik Szoboszlai will deputise at right-back for Liverpool tonight. “Eh … yes it is … yes … yep … who else should it be?! … yeah, Curtis Jones could have played there as well, he played there once … against Everton by the way, and he did really well … two right full-backs injured … Joe Gomez not ready to start yet … can have an impact for 15-20 minutes again … we think [Szoboszlai] is able to play there but it all depends on the team performance as to whether it’s a good choice.”

^{†: 1m 01s of free-jazz waffle about last season’s 3-3 and the supposedly threadbare composition of Liverpool’s bench this evening, an opinion put forward by Sky pundit Jamie Carragher, onto whom Slot sprinkles some light banter-grade shade}