We had assumed it would still be some time before we saw Joel Matip back in action, but the injury-prone centre-back is back in contention for first-team minutes.
Paul Gorst confirmed the Cameroonian is fit again having so far missed the entire season – which is very nice timing considering the state of our defence so far in 2020/21.
We’ve shipped 11 goals in four Premier League games – seven of which came last time out in the humbling we received by Aston Villa.
(How did we actually lose 7-2 to Villa by the way?!)
Joe Gomez has been poor and while Fabinho is an option to replace him alongside Virgil van Dijk, Matip remains a genuine option now – while he’s healthy at least.
And it’s fair to say Liverpool fans were delighted to hear about the Big Man’s return!