Penalties & Jota’s return – 6 things to know ahead of Liverpool friendly vs. Arsenal

Penalties & Jota’s return – 6 things to know ahead of Liverpool friendly vs. Arsenal

Liverpool’s level of opposition will go up a notch as they face Arsenal in the Reds’ second friendly of their USA tour on Wednesday evening (Thursday morning UK).

Liverpool vs. Arsenal

Friendly (2) | Lincoln Financial Field
July 31, 2024, 7.30pm local / August 1, 12.30am (BST)

Liverpool’s 1-0 win over Real Betis allowed fans to watch Arne Slot‘s team for the first time, albeit a team that will look very different come the start of the Premier League season.

The match against Arsenal is another opportunity to trawl over every positional change and player’s touch to try and gain an insight into what Slot is planning.

The squad to play

Against Betis, Slot left many of his substitutes until the 63rd minute, when he brought on a swathe of youngsters to see out the 1-0 win.

Against Arsenal, Diogo Jota will hopefully play his first game of pre-season, having joined up with the squad on July 25.

On a more negative note, it is unlikely we will see Curtis Jones in action after he missed training this week due to an injury that forced him off against Betis.

Touring squad in the USA:

Goalkeepers: Kelleher, Jaros, Pitaluga, Davies

Defenders: Quansah, Van den Berg, Phillips, Nallo, Bradley, Tsimikas, Chambers, Beck, Robertson**

Midfielders: Szoboszlai, Endo, Elliott, Bajcetic, Morton, Stephenson, Nyoni, Jones**, McConnell*

Forwards: Salah, Jota, Carvalho, Doak, Gordon, Koumas, Blair