Liverpool child and Slot's loyal soldier out for the season
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Reading Time: 3min | Mon. 12.01.26. | 14:57
The Reds' defender Conor Bradley will miss the remainder of the campaign after sustaining a severe knee injury against Arsenal last Thursday
Liverpool will hardly defend the Premier League title they won last season, as they are almost certainly out of the title race, trailing 14 points behind the table-toppers, Arsenal. In the remainder of the season, the Reds' primary EPL focus will be a battle for the Champions League spots, but they'll be forced to fight it without Arne Slot's loyal soldier and the club's child, Conor Bradley.
The 23-year-old right-back picked up a severe knee injury against Arsenal on Thursday, and, even though it's not an ACL tear, he'll have to undergo surgery.
🎥 Watch a closer angle of the bust-up involving Gabriel Martinelli and Liverpool players, as Martinelli tried to push Conor Bradley while he was attempting to crawl back onto the pitch after being urged on by Dominik Szoboszlai. 😳 pic.twitter.com/ktWf8LlIgj
— RazedFootball (@RazedFootball) January 9, 2026
The player whom the Gunners' Gabriel Martinelli tried to push off the pitch (unaware of the seriousness of the injury), causing a scandal, will thus miss the remainder of the season, including not only Liverpool's campaign, but also Northern Ireland's appearance in the FIFA World Cup play-offs, where his national team will try to book its first WC ticket after a 40-year absence, clashing with Italy and (in case of a triumph) the winner of the duel between Wales and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Therefore, Slot and his crew will have to adjust to life without Bradley, and their first challenge without him will be the penultimate game of the third round of the FA Cup, against third-tier side Barnsley tonight at Anfield (22.45).
FA CUP - ROUND 3
Friday
Milton Keynes Dons - Oxford 3-4 on pen (1-1)
/Collins 34 - Lankshear 52/
Port Vale - Fleetwood 1-0 (1-0)
/Shipley 45+2/
Preston - Wigan 0-1 (0-0)
/Bettoni 75/
Wrexham - Nottingham Forest 4-3 on pen (3-3)
/Cacace 37, Rathbone 40, Hyam 74 - Jesus 64, Hudson-Odoi 76, 89/
Saturday
Cheltenham - Leicester 0-2 (0-2)
/Daka 23, Mavididi 45/
Everton - Sunderland 0-3 on pen (1-1)
/Garner 89 pen - La Fee 90/
Macclesfield - Crystal Palace 2-1 (1-0)
/Dawson 43, Buckley 61 - Pino 90/
Wolverhampton - Shrewsbury 6-1 (3-1)
/Larsen 9, 41, 58, Arias 11, Gomes 86, Arokodare 90+2 - Marquis 26 pen/
Manchester City - Exeter City 10-1 (4-0)
/Alleyne 12, Rodri 24, Hayes 42 og, Fitzwater 45+2 og, Lewis 49, 90+1, Semenyo 54, Reijnders 71, O'Reilly 79, McAidoo 86 - Birch 90/
Boreham Wood - Burton 0-5 (0-2)
/Lofthouse 35, O'Connell 41 og, Tavares 67, Williams 83, McKiernan 90+2/
Burnley - Millwall 5-1 (3-0)
/Barnes 11, 65, Tchaouna 35, Anthony 44, Banel 89 - Coburn 90+4/
Doncaster - Southampton 2-3 (0-3)
/Pearson 48, Gibson 59 - Bragg 8, Archer 24, Matsuki 41/
Fulham - Middlesbrough 3-1 (0-1)
/Wilson 60, Smith Rowe 77, Kevin 90+3 - Hackney 30/
Ipswich - Blackpool 2-1 (1-0)
/Philogene-Bidace 35, Greaves 87 - Fletcher 90+6/
Newcastle - Bournemouth 7-6 on pen (3-3)
/Barnes 50, 118, Gordon 90+5 pen - Scott 62, Brooks 68, Tavernier 120+2/
Salford City - Swindon POSTPONED
Sheffield Wednesday - Brentford 0-2 (0-1)
/Lewis-Potter 27, Jensen 64 pen/
Stoke - Coventry 1-0 (0-0)
/Cisse 88/
Bristol City - Watford 5-1 (2-0)
/Jacobsen 2,68,76, Mehmeti 37, Atkinson 66 - Grieves 74/
Cambridge - Birmingham 2-3 (0-2)
/Kaikai 80,89 - Wagner 31, Furuhashi 42, Ducksch 78/
Grimsby - Weston 3-2 (1-0)
/Vernam 41, Kabia 70, Green 86 - Coulson 49, Britton 77/
Tottenham - Aston Villa 1-2 (0-2)
/Odobert 54 - Buendia 22, Rogers 45+3/
Charlton - Chelsea 1-5 (0-1)
/Leaburn 57 - Hato 45+1, Adarabioyo 50, Guiu 62, Neto 90+1, Enzo 90+4 pen/
Sunday
Derby - Leeds 1-3 (1-0)
/Brereton Diaz 35 - Gnonto 55, Tanaka 59, Justin 90+3/
Portsmouth - Arsenal 1-4 (1-2)
/Bishop 3 - Dozzell 8 og, Martinelli 25,51, 72/
Hull - Blackburn 4-3 on pen (0-0)
Norwich - Walsall 5-1 (2-0)
/Jurasek 15, Makama 24, 48,55, Springett 90+2 - Clarke 67/
Sheffield Utd - Mansfield 3-4 (1-2)
/Hamer 20, Bamford 61, Moriah-Welsh 65 og - Reed 13,44, Akins 50, Oates 57/
Swansea - WBA 5-6 on pen (0-0)
/Eom 48, Inoussa 112 - Maja 53, Wallace 108/
West Ham - QPR 2-1 a.e.t (1-0)
/Summerville 45+10, Castellanos 98 - Kone 65/
Manchester United - Brighton 1-2 (0-1)
/Sesko 85 - Gruda 12, Welbeck 64/
Monday
22.45: (1.13) Liverpool (9.00) Barnsley (17.0)
***odds are subject to change***
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