Liverpool will be missing four players for the journey to PSG, but a number of their teammates are at risk of missing the return leg at Anfield.
Liverpool will be without at least four players when they visit Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night. The Reds may not be in action this weekend, but their list of absentees continues to expand in anticipation of their return.
Joe Gomez and Tyler Morton are both long-term absentees following hamstring and shoulder surgeries, respectively. Meanwhile, Conor Bradley has been ruled out for several weeks after injuring his hamstring against Aston Villa last month.
However, Liverpool will be without a fourth player for their Champions League round-of-16 clash as Amara Nallo serves a suspension for being sent off in his Reds debut against PSV Eindhoven in January.
Admittedly, the teenager was unlikely to be called upon in Paris, so he will not present Arne Slot with a difficult decision on this occasion.
However, the Reds are currently dealing with a disciplinary dilemma as they attempt to advance in the Champions League, with four of their players on the verge of being suspended for the round-of-16 second leg against the Ligue 1 giants back at Anfield.
Ibrahima Konate, Andy Robertson, and Harvey Elliott have each been booked twice in this year’s Champions League and are one yellow card away from a one-game suspension.
Alexis Mac Allister, who has already received a one-game penalty in the league phase, faces the possibility of receiving another. This season’s events have already seen the Argentina international booked four times.
Players are suspended for one game after receiving three yellow cards that did not result in a red card, as well as any future odd-numbered cautions.
With yellow cards valid until the end of the quarter-finals, the quintet has four games to play if they want to escape a ban.
Meanwhile, Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Gravenberch, Luis Diaz, Kostas Tsimikas, and Darwin Nunez have all been booked in the Champions League this season, and if they are booked twice more before the end of the quarter-finals, they will all be banned.
While a number of Liverpool players are on the verge of disciplinary action, the Reds will welcome back Slot and assistant head coach Sipke Hulshoff in Paris.
The pair are halfway through a two-game Premier League touchline suspension after being charged for their conduct towards referees following Liverpool’s controversial 2-2 draw at Everton last month, but they are free to return to the sidelines for Champions League duty.
