Liverpool will look to continue their march at the top of the Premier League table but travel to West Ham without a key midfielder.

Runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool, who head to West Ham on Sunday, have yet to lose on the road this season but manager Arne Slot attributed that record to the calibre of teams they have faced so far.

Ibrahima Konate is closing in on a comeback for Liverpool but the centre-back is not ready to return against West Ham. Konate has been out for a month with a knee injury. He is still not back in training but both he and Conor Bradley are set to be available early in the New Year,

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -Liverpool came back after conceding early to beat Leicester City 3-1 at Anfield on Thursday and open a seven-point lead at the top of the Premier League. Struggling Leicester took a shock sixth minute lead through Jordan Ayew but lived a charmed life until Cody Gakpo equalised on the stroke of halftime.

Spurs take on Liverpool on Sunday, Dec. 22, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in north London, with kickoff set for 4:30 p.m. GMT local time. That makes it a 11:30 a.m. ET or 8:30 a.m. PT start in the US and Canada, and a 3:30 a.m. AEDT kickoff in Australia in the early hours of Monday morning.