OWEN BECK will miss out on the chance to play for Liverpool in tomorrow’s FA Cup third-round tie at Arsenal because the left-back is suspended.
Reds boss Jurgen Klopp recalled the 21-year-old Welshman from a season-long loan at Dundee because of an injury crisis to first-choice left-backs Andy Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas.
But Beck is unavailable for the Emirates clash as he is serving a one-match ban which relates to his time in Scotland.
Beck picked up yellow cards in the Scottish League Cup matches against Bonnyrigg Rose and Inverness Caledonian Thistle last July.
Dundee finished second in Group E and failed to qualify for the knockout phase of the competition.
The Football Association have confirmed that the full-back has an unserved one-match ban from Scotland which applies to his next first-team competitive game.
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That means Beck will have to wait for his chance to feature for Klopp’s Liverpool this month.
Beck impressed at Dundee, playing 20 times and scoring twice while he also received a Wales senior call-up from Robert Page for the friendly against Gibraltar in October.
Klopp was asked about Beck’s recall on Friday and he said: “He made big steps. Now the situation here is clear – we lost two of our left-backs so it makes a sense to bring back a boy we like who is available to us.”
Versatile defender Joe Gomez has stepped into the left-back position for Liverpool in the meantime and is expected to start there against Arsenal tomorrow.
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Meanwhile, Tsimikas has hinted at returning to the field earlier than expected.
The full-back is recovering from a broken collarbone after colliding with Jurgen Klopp during Liverpool’s Premier League clash with Arsenal.
Despite an initial time frame of two to three months being put on his injury, he posted an Instagram of him in training with the caption “Not long now!”.
Robertson meanwhile is likely to miss the rest of the month, with Klopp saying on the injury: “For sure, I think the full January he will be [out]. He has to get closer and closer.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
