Sunderland vs Liverpool: Premier League live updates

⚽ The game kicks off at 8:15pm
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Arne Slot talks to TNT Sports. "Throughout the season [the right-back position] has been ... this is Wataru Endo's first time playing as a full-back ... we've had a lot of problems in this position ... two of our defenders have been injured for a long time ... Joe Gomez has been a great substitute, but he hasn't had much time when the other two aren't available ... we have two good defenders on the left side ... once again, three games in three days ... that's three games in eight days ... Milos [Kerkez] spent most of his time at Bournemouth, where he didn't play in Europe ... I've picked him a few times, he's struggled to play in many games ... [Andrew Robertson] is an excellent substitute."

Calvin Ramsay, a right-back by trade, sits on the bench, thinking. Slot is asked about the fight for Champions League places: "We know what we need to do, 13 games left ... we need to win many games to get the position we want ... maybe yesterday's results weren't so bad, but that can change every week ... we need to focus on ourselves ... get as many points as possible".

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