The conflict of the FA Cup of Liverpool with Plymouth Argyle took a miserable start when Joe Gomez was drunk by an injury after only ten minutes.
Gomez Was Making His Return from A Hamstring Injury Which Saw Him Miss the Entity of January and Lined Up at the Heart of A Makeshift Defense, But Did Not Look Comfortable from the get-go and an uncomfortable Exchange with Goalkeeper Caoimhin Keller Hinted at a potential issue.
A few moments later, Gomez sat on the lawn and immediately reported the Liverpool bench, clearly believing that he could not continue.
After a rapid control of Liverpool physios, Gomez was indeed withdrawn, with Isaac Mabaya, 20, caused his place to make his senior debut.
Arne Slot refused to bring Virgil Van Dijk or Ibrahima Konate to Plymouth, instead of resting his star duo for the crucial Merseyside derby on Wednesday against Everton, there were therefore limited alternatives on the bench. Wataru Endo slipped into defense, Mabaya heading towards the right side of the back line.
Alisson, Mohamed Salah, Conor Bradley, Andy Robertson, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai and Cody Gakpo did not travel, while the injured duo of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Tyler Morton missed next .
