{"id":291989,"date":"2023-10-25T15:25:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T15:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=291989"},"modified":"2023-10-25T15:25:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T15:25:10","slug":"liverpool-set-for-boost-as-cody-gakpo-in-line-to-make-return-against-toulouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/liverpool-set-for-boost-as-cody-gakpo-in-line-to-make-return-against-toulouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool set for boost as Cody Gakpo in line to make return against Toulouse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cody Gakpo looks set to return to the Liverpool line-up (Peter Byrne\/PA)<\/p>\n
Liverpool would go five points clear in the group with a win and put one foot in the knock-out stages, and with that in mind Klopp said he would be careful in not making too many changes that might disrupt his side.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to win football games and this is the next opportunity,\u201d he said. \u201c(A win) would bring us to nine points with Toulouse on four, but knowing that changes nothing. We have to play our best. We will make a few changes but not too much.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe boys have shown they are really ready for the competition. That\u2019s what I wanted to see. We hope to go a long, long, long way in this competition, but for that we have to make all the decisive steps and tomorrow is another big one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Curtis Jones will hope to get another opportunity in midfield, having played only once \u2013 in the Europa League win over Union St Gilloise \u2013 since his controversial red card at Tottenham brought a three-match Premier League ban.<\/p>\n
Jones was sent off for going over the top of the ball to catch Yves Bissmouma, but the replays made the incident look worse than it perhaps was.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been tough,\u201d the 22-year-old said of his enforced time out. \u201cI was at a point where I was playing games and doing well and then a small mistake like that stops the run of games. That\u2019s in the past now and I\u2019ve moved on, and I\u2019ve got a chance now to play again so I\u2019m excited.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn terms of the tackle itself, I\u2019ve seen it at the end of the game. It was unfortunate but then I\u2019ve seen what the ref was shown, he was only shown the clip of my foot on the leg so I understand (the decision). I\u2019ve moved past that and I\u2019m excited for the next games.\u201d<\/p>\n