Liverpool head to Palace with Mateta ban upheld and selection questions to answer
Liverpool's trip to Selhurst Park this Sunday is shaping up with a few interesting subplots before kick-off. LiverpoolFC.com has confirmed the referee and match officials for the game, giving fans the official details ahead of the clash (LiverpoolFC.com).
There's also decent news on the disciplinary front for Liverpool. This Is Anfield reports that Crystal Palace have failed in their attempt to overturn Jean-Philippe Mateta's ban, meaning the striker will serve his suspension and is unavailable for the home side when Liverpool visit (This Is Anfield).
On team matters, Liverpool.com focuses on Trey Nyoni, who has apparently identified the "next step" for Liverpool and is predicting a bounce back after recent defeats to Arsenal and Fenerbahce under Andoni Iraola (Liverpool.com). It's worth noting that odd reference to Iraola appears to be an error in that piece given the Liverpool Echo's reporting below, but the thrust of Nyoni's comments is about belief in turning results around.
Meanwhile, the Liverpool Echo digs into the team news angle, revealing that Andoni Iraola has a fitness dilemma over Nyoni as Liverpool look for a response at Palace (Liverpool Echo). The Echo's piece also looks at how Liverpool could potentially line up for the trip to south London, with the fitness question around Nyoni clearly a live issue heading into team selection.
Taken together, the picture building before Sunday's game is one of Liverpool looking to put a couple of difficult results behind them, with Nyoni emerging as a name to watch - whether he's fully fit enough to feature, and what he's said about the squad's mentality going into a tricky away day. The confirmed officials and Palace's disciplinary setback with Mateta add further context to a game Liverpool will want to use to get back on track.
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