It’s all about taking the positives when trying to deal with frustrating games such as this afternoon’s FA Cup third round clash with Plymouth.
Liverpool dominated from start to finish with Loris Karius having his most comfortable game in goal for the club so far yet still the Reds couldn’t break the deadlock. A replay away at Plymouth isn’t ideal and only adds to what is already a busy few weeks for Jurgen Klopp’s men.
One of very few positives to come out of the game was Joe Gomez getting 90 minutes under his belt in his first appearance of the season following a 16 month injury layoff.
Even if the result didn’t go Liverpool’s way, it was great to see the defender back in action after such a gruelling period on the sidelines.
He was relatively untroubled, looked strong when he was called into action and left unscathed- a good day for him on a personal note.
Fans were delighted to see the former Charlton man back at Anfield and took to Twitter to celebrate his return.
Congratulations on your return @J_Gomez97, hopefully this is the first game of many #YNWA pic.twitter.com/Hz3KcpdtOm
— LFCFanz (@LFCFanz) January 8, 2017
The Great Wall @J_Gomez97 is really back congrats mate!!
— budhi prajanta (@buepe) January 8, 2017
Its not ideal but our young lads good a good run out today and good experience we move on it great to see Joe gomez back playing top player
— colm gray (@colm_gray) January 8, 2017
On the bright side, good 90 mins unscathed for Joe Gomez. #LFC
— LiverpoolAllDay (@LiverpoolAllDay) January 8, 2017
Good to see Joe Gomez back
— Darren McKenny (@DarrenMcKenny) January 8, 2017
Great to see @J_Gomez97 back in action for the first team.
— 1️⃣6️⃣ (@leonm694) January 8, 2017
Also, Joe Gomez is back!! Well in lad!! happy for him – he had a decent game too. Looked a great player before injury.
— Reece (@ChalkonBoots) January 8, 2017
Best thing about that game was 90 mins for Joe Gomez injury free this kid is good #lfc
— Richard Cathcart (@Rcathcart04) January 8, 2017
Main positive from the young Ins today was Joe Gomez thought he was superb!
— Neil Punter (@NeilPunter) January 8, 2017
It was hard to watch but we never looked like conceding, good to see Joe Gomez back, calm under pressure and uses the ball well #LFC#YNWA
— Gary Sloan (@GSloan1990) January 8, 2017
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