Liverpool avoided losing any players to suspension after running out 5-0 winners over West Ham United on Sunday. Ryan Gravenberch, Cody Gakpo and Darwin Nunez headed into the game just one yellow card away from serving a one-match ban.
Had they been booked against the Hammers, they would have been ruled out of the Reds’ home clash with Manchester United next weekend. But Liverpool successfully navigated their trip to the capital without picking up any further cautions.
Slot substituted Gravenberch and Gakpo after 58 minutes, with the Reds already leading 4-0, to avoid receiving their fifth Premier League yellow card of the season. Meanwhile, Nunez remained an unused substitute.
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However, while the trio will all be ready to play the Red Devils next weekend, as will Dominik Szoboszlai, who returns from his own one-match ban against West Ham, they are still at risk of serving a suspension as the season progresses. Reported By Echo News.
Players who receive five bookings in the first 19 Premier League games face an automatic one-match ban. The amnesty is then reduced to a two-game suspension for reaching 10 bookings in 32 games, and a three-game punishment for reaching 15 bookings at any stage throughout the season.
The majority of English top-flight teams will have played their 19th game by the end of the current gameweek. However, due to the postponement of the Merseyside derby against Everton earlier this month, Liverpool still has one more games to play before their own amnesty expires.
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