Against Brighton, Liverpool may welcome back from injury two key players.

Against Brighton, Liverpool will attempt to maintain their Premier League title challenge.

When Brighton visits Anfield on Sunday afternoon, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp plans to welcome back two members of the first team. With Manchester City and Arsenal battling it out for the Premier League title, the Reds will probably need all hands on deck from now until the end of the season.

This season, Klopp has been without several of his key players for extended periods of time, including Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah, and Alisson Becker. Due to the cumulative effect of injuries, only Salah is expected to play against the Seagulls.

The Merseyside team is likely to benefit from Ibrahima Konate’s projected return to central defence. Since Liverpool’s 5-1 annihilation of Sparta Prague on March 7, the 24-year-old has not played for the club.

However, Konate was called up to the France team and participated in all ninety minutes of their 3-2 friendly victory over Chile on Tuesday night, playing alongside William Saliba, the competition’s main challenger.

In Konate’s absence, Jarell Quansah has played brilliantly with Virgil van Dijk, but the Warrington native will undoubtedly anticipate giving way to his more seasoned teammate on Sunday.

Another player who appears ready to play this weekend is Curtis Jones, who Klopp stated had a higher chance of playing than any of his injured teammates. Since leaving the game during the victory against Brentford in February, the midfield player has missed the last ten games.

In all competitions this season, Jones has scored five goals and assisted on three more, making him a true asset when in form. However, Jones could only be able to play a supporting role because Wataru Endo, Alexis Mac Allister, and Dominik Szoboszlai have been vying for the three centre midfield positions in recent weeks.
Despite suffering injuries during the loss to United, Darwin Nunez and Andrew Robertson should be able to play against Brighton. During the international break, the former played for Scotland, and the latter pulled out of the Uruguay team to concentrate on his recuperation.

Joel Matip and Thiago Alcantara, two long-term absentees whose contracts expire in June, might have played their last game for Liverpool, but the same cannot be said for them.

Stefan Bajcetic and Alisson are also anticipated to make another appearance before the season ends, although Diogo Jota and Alexander-Arnold are not expected to be back for the Brighton match. Instead, they should be back in early April.

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Liverpool fans can rejoice because a vital player will be back in the starting lineup next week.

The good news for Liverpool is that Ibrahima Konate is expected to start for France against Chile on Tuesday night.

L’Equipe claims that the centre back, who has been sidelined due to injury for the past few weeks, is prepared to play in the friendly.

The defender was substituted out during Liverpool’s Europa League first-leg match against Sparta Praha. Since then, he has missed a number of important games for the Reds, including their FA Cup loss to Man United last week.

Prior to their match against Brighton at Anfield on Sunday, Liverpool supporters will be eager to see him return in the starting lineup, but the French player must win against Chile first.

How significant is Ibrahima Konate to Liverpool?

Given that the match against Chile is merely a friendly, Liverpool supporters will be hopeful that Konate survives. The centre back, who has played in 32 games for the Merseyside team this season, is an important member of Liverpool’s team.

It is no coincidence that the Reds have only triumphed in one of the three games in which the 24-year-old defender has missed due to injury. Klopp prefers the 24-year-old to combine with Virgil van Dijk.

With a few difficult games remaining and the desire to cap off his tenure at Anfield as best he can, the German coach will need everyone healthy for the last stretch.