"Throughout the whole season [the right-back position] is like this it is not going to be the first time that Wata Endo is playing as a full-back we have struggled in that position a lot not because we don't have one, but the two we have, have been injured a lot a very good replacement [Joe Gomez] has mainly not been there when the two others are out"
"Meanwhile Slot is asked about the race for the Champions League places: We know what we have to do, 13 games to be played we have to win a lot of them to get to the position we want to be maybe yesterday the results were not too bad for us but this can change every week and we have to focus on ourselves get as many points as we can"
Persistent injuries at right-back have forced repeated positional changes and the use of midfielders as full-backs. Wataru Endo has been deployed at full-back while Joe Gomez has often been unavailable as cover. Milos Kerkez has struggled with fixture congestion after joining from Bournemouth, where he lacked European minutes, and has found three matches in seven days challenging. Andrew Robertson is presented as a dependable alternative and Calvin Ramsay has been left on the bench. The club must navigate a tight Champions League race with 13 games remaining and must win many matches to reach its target. Sunderland made one attacking change with Nilson Angulo replacing Chemsdine Talbi, while Granit Xhaka remained absent, and the reverse fixture finished Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland.
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