Joe Gomez's huge impact after Van Dijk's dismissal boosted Liverpool's lead over Newcastle

Although our Liverpool got a great victory against Newcastle at St. James Park, in a game in which they played more than an hour with a man less due to the expulsion of Virgil van Dijk, not everything is good news as precisely the expulsion of our captain could leave us without his participation for several games.

Virgil's expulsion together with Ibrahima Konaté's injury have left us in a very bad position in terms of defense, which since preseason has been one of the weak points of the team and that is why the Anfield board is looking for a reinforcement in that position before the end of the transfer market.

There are at least two players that would be on Jürgen Klopp's radar to reinforce the team in that position, however it has been said that the club would also be looking for one more midfielder and with so little time in the transfer market, it looks complicated that both needs can be met, however Joe Gomez seems to be the one who could raise his hand in case they finally fail to sign one more defender and in the game against Newcastle he showed that he can be able to play at the highest level when required.

Joe Gomez's impact

While Joe Gomez had no direct impact on the scoreline, there is no denying that his introduction to replace Virgil van Dijk was one of a lot of pressure on him and he managed to help keep the deficit to just one goal. Even Andrew Robertson detailed how important Gomez was to the team. "I thought Joey was absolutely outstanding, I thought he came on, in a difficult moment, we are 1-0 down, we just went down to ten men, the crowd are up and it's only looking like it's going one way. But Joey calmed us down," he said.