{"id":50817,"date":"2025-04-26T01:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T01:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/50817\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T01:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T01:05:11","slug":"three-players-to-miss-liverpool-vs-tottenham-as-reds-look-to-wrap-up-premier-league-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/50817\/","title":{"rendered":"Three players to miss Liverpool vs Tottenham as Reds look to wrap up Premier League title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool could win the Premier League on Sunday if they avoid defeat when Tottenham make the trip to Anfield and both sides have recently welcomed players back from injury<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2_GettyImages-2190472546.jpg\" alt=\"Ange Postecoglou and Arne Slot\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Liverpool will host Tottenham at Anfield on Sunday(Image: Photo by GLYN KIRK\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Liverpool need to pick up just one point against Tottenham on Sunday to officially be crowned <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/premier-league\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> champions, with <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/arne-slot\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Arne Slot<\/a> having enjoyed an excellent first season in charge of the Reds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/tottenham-hotspur-fc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham<\/a>, meanwhile, are currently sat 16th in the league and Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s primary focus is now the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/uefa-europa-league\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Europa League<\/a> with Spurs set to host Bodo\/Glimt in the first leg of their semi-final clash on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Tottenham will qualify for next season&#8217;s <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/champions-league\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Champions League<\/a> if they can win the Europa League and Postecoglou rested several key players for Spurs&#8217; 2-1 defeat to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/nottingham-forest-fc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Nottingham Forest<\/a> on Monday as a result.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Postecoglou may well decide to do the same thing when Tottenham travel to Anfield this Sunday, although his squad is not struggling with too many injury problems. Defender Radu Dragusin remains a long-term absentee, having suffered an ACL injury in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Club captain Heung-min Son is also set to miss the game with a foot injury, although he has stepped up his recovery and trained outdoors on Friday. Postecoglou is hopeful Son could return to action against Bodo\/Glimt.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/ange-postecoglou-makes-promise-tottenham-35118372\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ange Postecoglou makes promise to Tottenham fans before Liverpool title decider<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/harvey-elliott-liverpool-cole-transfer-35118025\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool star adored by Jurgen Klopp told to ditch Reds with &#8216;options&#8217; open<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We don&#8217;t really have injury problems,&#8221; Postecoglou said. &#8220;Obviously Sonny&#8217;s the one that&#8217;s kind of working, trying to work his way back, and he&#8217;s improving, which is positive for us, not for Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Apart from obviously the longer-term ones, everyone else from the last game has backed up really well, so the rest of the squad&#8217;s fit and available, and in terms of team selection we&#8217;ll see. We&#8217;ve got another 48 hours to decide which way we go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Kevin Danso could make his first start after recovering from a hamstring injury, while <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/james-maddison\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">James Maddison<\/a> is fully fit after he was forced off against Frankfurt with a head injury. Maddison was an unused substitute against Forest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/liverpool-fc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a>, meanwhile, could hand <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/trent-alexander-arnold\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Trent Alexander-Arnold<\/a> his first start since March after he returned to action against <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/leicester-city-fc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Leicester<\/a> last week. Alexander-Arnold scored the winner after coming off the bench to replace Conor Bradley.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1745629509_421_0_Leicester-City-FC-v-Liverpool-FC-Premier-League.jpg\" alt=\"Trent Alexander-Arnold\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Trent Alexander-Arnold could return to the starting line-up after recovering from an ankle injury(Image: Liverpool FC, Liverpool FC via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Joe Gomez remains sidelined with a hamstring injury, but the defender could return to action before the end of the season. &#8220;If his recovery goes well, he would be able to [play] maybe in the last one or two games of the season,&#8221; Slot said when asked about Gomez&#8217;s recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;But he is still not training with us yet. 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