Detailed lineups and team news for Liverpool’s Premier League match vs Leicester City
Jurgen Klopp makes one change to the Liverpool team that hosts Leicester City as Harvey Elliott returns for Fabinho.
Brazil midfielder Fabinho is not included in the match-day squad and sits out the game for what has been described as ‘personal reasons’. It’s understood the Reds star’s partner, Rebeca, is due to give birth imminently.
Elliott starts in midfield alongside Jordan Henderson and Thiago Alcantara as Ibrahima Konate returns to the match-day squad as a substitute following his appearance for France in the World Cup.
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Despite the return of the center-half, Virgil van Dijk and Joel Matip both keep their places in the back four alongside Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson with Alisson Becker in goal.
Darwin Nunez starts in the center of the front three, with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Mohamed Salah on the left and right, respectively, as Jurgen Klopp’s team looks to keep winning after the Premier League resumed on Boxing Day.
new signature Prior to his formal transfer from PSV Eindhoven on January 1, Cody Gakpo is at Anfield to attend the game as a special guest. When the transfer market opens on New Year’s Day, the Netherlands international will formally join Liverpool after agreeing to a five-and-a-half-year contract.
Alisson, Alexander-Arnild, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Thiago, Elliott, Salah, Nunez, and Oxlade-Chamberlain are all Liverpool players.
Adrian, Gomez, Konate, Keita, Tsimikas, Carvalho, Clark, Bajcetic, and Doak are available as substitutes.
Ward, Thomas, Amartey, Castagne, Faes, Ndidi(c), Pérez, Barnes, Dewsbury-Hall, Soumaré, and Daka are all from Leicester.
Iversen, Soyuncu, Vestergaard, Mendy, Brunt, Tielemans, Albrighton, Iheanacho, and Vardy are all available as substitutes.
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