Overview
- Jones has started five straight matches, starring in a Champions League win at Inter Milan and contributing to four consecutive victories.
- Slot praised Jones’s courage on the ball and welcomed his ability to finish full matches across the recent run.
- Liverpool have rebounded from nine defeats in 12 earlier this season and enter New Year’s Day in fourth place, 13 points behind leaders Arsenal.
- The midfield group is close to full strength, with Florian Wirtz fit again and Dominik Szoboszlai available, while Wataru Endo remains out.
- Slot said record signing Alexander Isak faces at least a couple of months out after surgery for an ankle problem and fractured fibula, and he confirmed Giovanni Leoni’s ACL injury ends his season; separate reporting had earlier described Isak as fit again, creating a discrepancy.