Jurgen Klopp has been able to restore both Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino to Liverpool’s starting lineup against West Brom.
The Reds have travelled to the West Midlands, taking on Tony Pulis’ Baggies as they look to continue their top-four push in the Premier League.
With Man City having moved ahead of them into third with a 3-0 win over Southampton on Saturday, Klopp’s side need a victory at the Hawthorns to keep up the pace at the top.
The German has been buoyed, then, by the return to fitness of his key Brazilian duo, with Coutinho and Firmino both able to start.
Simon Mignolet is named in goal, with Klopp retaining his new-look three-man defence, with Dejan Lovren, Joel Matip and Lucas Leiva starting.
With Nathaniel Clyne and James Milner operating as wing-backs, Emre Can and Georginio Wijnaldum take up their places in midfield.
And after their goalscoring appearances off the substitutes’ bench last weekend away to Stoke City, both Coutinho and Firmino have been passed fit to start in an all-important clash.
They join Divock Origi in attack, with the Belgian hoping to add to his 10-goal tally this season.
Back in form and reaching full fitness, the Reds’ key forwards will be central to any success against West Brom on Easter Sunday.
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West Brom: Foster; Dawson, McAuley, Evans, Brunt; Fletcher, Yacob, Livermore; Phillips, Chadli; Robson-Kanu
Substitutes: Myhill, Wilson, Nyom, Morrison, McClean, Rondon, Field
Liverpool: Mignolet; Lovren, Matip, Lucas; Clyne, Can, Wijnaldum, Milner; Coutinho, Firmino, Origi
Substitutes: Karius, Gomez, Alexander-Arnold, Moreno, Grujic, Woodburn, Sturridge
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