Liverpool prepare to face Spanish side Villarreal in the Champions League at Anfield on Tuesday night (kick-off 8pm).
The Reds have a bit of an injury crisis at the moment and Andoni Iraola is expected to include a few youngsters in his matchday squad.
The head coach confirmed on Monday that Jeremie Frimpong may not return until after the November international break, while Dominik Szoboszlai has suffered a recurrence of the injury that prevented him from taking part in Liverpool’s previous two matches before the Brentford game.
“I think they are different circumstances,” Iraola said in Monday’s press conference.
“Jeremie Frimpong is obviously a new muscle injury and it happened, I think, in the second or third minute he was playing, difficult to predict and we will have to wait until he recovers, but it’s going to be difficult, I think, before the break. We will try but it’s going to be difficult to have him.
“Dom Szoboszlai is different. It’s not a new injury. I think it’s in the same place it was probably last week.
“He hasn’t worsened the injury but probably we have to be a little bit more patient until he recovers fully, but it’s not like something now where he has to wait a lot of time to come back. He is more or less in the same situation he was last week.
“We need more patience with him, but I appreciate the effort he did the other day, to be available and to want to contribute in a very difficult game that you know is going to be very physical.
“To put himself in front and to want to play speaks very well about him.”
Ryan Gravenberch is available for selection again after missing Saturday’s game at Brentford because of a one-match Premier League suspension for his red card last week.
Federico Chiesa and Wataru Endo were not included in Liverpool’s squad for the league phase of the tournament, so will not be available for selection.
Conor Bradley, Hugo Ekitike and Giovanni Leoni are all ruled out through injury.
