Jurgen Klopp has made two enforced changes to his Liverpool lineup for tonight’s clash with Newcastle, as a rotated Reds side seek an eighth consecutive victory.
Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho and Curtis Jones are all isolating after suspected positive COVID-19 tests, as second-placed Liverpool take on 19th-placed Newcastle at Anfield this evening.
As it stands, Sunday’s clash with Tottenham is also set to go ahead, but Liverpool are feeling the effects of the new COVID-19 variant as Van Dijk and Fabinho both miss out tonight.
Alisson is one of those to keep his place, behind a back four of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, Ibrahima Konate and Andy Robertson.
In midfield, Jordan Henderson starts as No. 6, joined by Thiago and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
And Diogo Jota is fit to return to the attack, with the Portuguese starting ahead of a returning Roberto Firmino as Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane occupy either flank.
Firmino is on the bench after a lengthy hamstring injury, with Takumi Minamino and Kostas Tsimikas among the other options in reserve.
Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Konate, Robertson; Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Thiago; Salah, Mane, Jota
Substitutes: Kelleher, Pitaluga, Gomez, Tsimikas, Williams, Milner, Keita, Minamino, Firmino
Newcastle: Dubravka; Manquillo, Schar, Lascelles, Lewis; Hayden, Shelvey; Fraser, Murphy, Saint-Maximin; Joelinton
Substitutes: Darlow, Clark, Hendrick, Willock, Longstaff, Ritchie, Almiron, Wilson, Gayle
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