Liverpool suffer another major injury blow in defence

Arne Slot says he expects Wataru Endo be out for a while after being taken off on a stretcher in the win over Sunderland.

Endo, starting at right-back with Conor Bradley and Jeremie Frimpong out injured, and makeshift right-back Dominik Szoboszlai suspended, was forced off in the second half.

“His injury doesn’t look good,” Slot said.

“I expect him, unfortunately, to be out for quite a long time again.

“But what a mentality for him that things really don’t look good and he defends one more set piece.”

Slot was full of praise for his side’s defensive efforts in the victory, however, as Liverpool became the first side to beat Sunderland at the Stadium of Light this season thanks to Virgil van Dijk’s header.

“Almost all the things we had to do, we did really well,” the Reds boss said.

“The only thing I can be not so positive about is if you create so many chances, you should score more.

“But one goal was enough today because we defended really well.”