{"id":293622,"date":"2023-10-19T19:28:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=293622"},"modified":"2023-10-19T19:28:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:28:38","slug":"cody-gakpo-returns-to-liverpool-training-ahead-of-merseyside-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/cody-gakpo-returns-to-liverpool-training-ahead-of-merseyside-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Gakpo returns to Liverpool training ahead of Merseyside derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Cody Gakpo returns to Liverpool training in welcome boost for Jurgen Klopp ahead of Merseyside derby&#8230;\u00a0with forward having been out with a knee injury since controversial 2-1 defeat at Tottenham last month<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cody Gakpo has not played since his injury against Tottenham last month<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He was back training as the squad reconvened before the Merseyside derby<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Coming Up!&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cody Gakpo returned to training with the Liverpool squad on Thursday in a welcome boost for Jurgen Klopp ahead of this weekend&#8217;s Merseyside derby.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The in-form forward missed the last two matches and was absent from the Netherlands&#8217; international break after sustaining a knee injury against Tottenham on September 30.<\/p>\n<p>He has found the net in three of his last four games for the Reds but was hauled off at half-time in the controversial 2-1 loss to Spurs, having equalised just before the break.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old could be in contention for Saturday&#8217;s Anfield showdown against Everton and was involved in ball work at Liverpool&#8217;s AXA training complex.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After failing to score in his first six outings for the club last season, Gakpo has developed into a trusted player for Klopp and has had joy in a central role.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/19\/76767375-0-image-m-14_1697738779233.jpg\" height=\"555\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cody Gakpo was back training with his fellow Liverpool stars on Thursday ahead of the Merseyside derby<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/19\/76767379-0-image-a-16_1697738861489.jpg\" height=\"413\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old missed the last two games but has scored in three of his last four outings<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/19\/76767429-0-image-a-17_1697738988757.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gakpo was substituted during Liverpool&#8217;s controversial 2-1 defeat to Tottenham in September after sustaining a knee injury\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina&#8217;s Alexis Mac Allister, Uruguay&#8217;s Darwin Nunez, Colombia&#8217;s Luis Diaz and Brazilian Alisson Becker all trained on Thursday as well.<\/p>\n<p>All four had featured for their respective countries in the South American World Cup qualifiers less than 36 hours earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool look revitalised after a summer transfer window shake-up and until Spurs intervened they were unbeaten since April 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They pose a fearsome challenge for Everton, who languish 16th in the table.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sean Dyche&#8217;s Toffees have won two of their last three and have benefitted from the return of Dominic Calvert-Lewin.<\/p>\n<p>Kick-off between Liverpool and Everton is at 12.30pm on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12650743\/Cody-Gakpo-returns-Liverpool-training-welcome-boost-Jurgen-Klopp-ahead-Merseyside-derby-forward-having-knee-injury-controversial-2-1-defeat-Tottenham-month.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cody Gakpo returns to Liverpool training in welcome boost for Jurgen Klopp ahead of Merseyside derby&#8230;\u00a0with forward having been out with a knee injury since controversial 2-1 defeat at Tottenham last month Cody Gakpo has not played since his injury against Tottenham last month He was back training as the squad reconvened before the Merseyside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cody Gakpo returns to Liverpool training ahead of Merseyside derby - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/cody-gakpo-returns-to-liverpool-training-ahead-of-merseyside-derby\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cody Gakpo returns to Liverpool training ahead of Merseyside derby - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cody Gakpo returns to Liverpool training in welcome boost for Jurgen Klopp ahead of Merseyside derby&#8230;\u00a0with forward having been out with a knee injury since controversial 2-1 defeat at Tottenham last month Cody Gakpo has not played since his injury against Tottenham last month He was back training as the squad reconvened before the Merseyside [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/cody-gakpo-returns-to-liverpool-training-ahead-of-merseyside-derby\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-19T19:28:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Robert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cody-Gakpo-returns-to-Liverpool-training-ahead-of-Merseyside-derby.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Robert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/cody-gakpo-returns-to-liverpool-training-ahead-of-merseyside-derby\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/cody-gakpo-returns-to-liverpool-training-ahead-of-merseyside-derby\/\",\"name\":\"Cody Gakpo returns to Liverpool training ahead of Merseyside derby - Sports Life Tale\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-19T19:28:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-19T19:28:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/cody-gakpo-returns-to-liverpool-training-ahead-of-merseyside-derby\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/cody-gakpo-returns-to-liverpool-training-ahead-of-merseyside-derby\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/cody-gakpo-returns-to-liverpool-training-ahead-of-merseyside-derby\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Soccer\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/category\/soccer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Cody Gakpo returns to Liverpool training ahead of Merseyside derby\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sports Life Tale\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"Robert\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Robert\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cody Gakpo returns to Liverpool training ahead of Merseyside derby - Sports Life Tale","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/cody-gakpo-returns-to-liverpool-training-ahead-of-merseyside-derby\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cody Gakpo returns to Liverpool training ahead of Merseyside derby - Sports Life Tale","og_description":"Cody Gakpo returns to Liverpool training in welcome boost for Jurgen Klopp ahead of Merseyside derby&#8230;\u00a0with forward having been out with a knee injury since controversial 2-1 defeat at Tottenham last month Cody Gakpo has not played since his injury against Tottenham last month He was back training as the squad reconvened before the Merseyside [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/cody-gakpo-returns-to-liverpool-training-ahead-of-merseyside-derby\/","og_site_name":"Sports Life Tale","article_published_time":"2023-10-19T19:28:38+00:00","author":"Robert","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cody-Gakpo-returns-to-Liverpool-training-ahead-of-Merseyside-derby.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Robert","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/cody-gakpo-returns-to-liverpool-training-ahead-of-merseyside-derby\/","url":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/cody-gakpo-returns-to-liverpool-training-ahead-of-merseyside-derby\/","name":"Cody Gakpo returns to Liverpool training ahead of Merseyside derby - Sports Life Tale","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-10-19T19:28:38+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-19T19:28:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/cody-gakpo-returns-to-liverpool-training-ahead-of-merseyside-derby\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/cody-gakpo-returns-to-liverpool-training-ahead-of-merseyside-derby\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/cody-gakpo-returns-to-liverpool-training-ahead-of-merseyside-derby\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Soccer","item":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/category\/soccer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Cody Gakpo returns to Liverpool training ahead of Merseyside derby"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/","name":"Sports Life Tale","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"Robert","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Robert"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293622"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}