Group information as Liverpool eye key Premier League momentum
Anfield readies itself once more, lights warming like a stage curtain on a crisp November night time, and Liverpool arrive with acquainted goal within the Premier League. Aston Villa go to with ambitions of their very own, but the noise will swell for a house facet eager to regular rhythm after midweek experimentation.
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Arne Slot has measured his tone with precision within the construct up. He acknowledged health considerations and confirmed Alexander Isak and Curtis Jones are “99.9 per cent certain” to overlook out. Isak’s document signing fanfare has turned rapidly into affected person ready, his groin problem pushing this return additional into the gap. Jones, withdrawn in opposition to Brentford, stays sidelined as Liverpool try and navigate a bruising schedule.
Damage panorama shapes Liverpool plan
Long run absentees Alisson Becker, Jeremie Frimpong and Giovanni Leoni stay unavailable. But there’s a glimmer for Ryan Gravenberch, restored to full coaching following the twisted ankle sustained within the 2-1 defeat in opposition to Manchester United. Slot confirmed the Netherlands midfielder is in competition, and that refined increase in the course of the pitch might matter in a fixture ceaselessly determined by tempo management.
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Giorgi Mamardashvili retains his place in aim with Alisson not but able to return. Slot downplayed the tactical curveball of matching Palace’s again three in midweek, noting “I wouldn’t see an excessive amount of into that”, pointing towards a return to a again 4 anchored by Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate.
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Joe Gomez stays an possibility at proper again, particularly with Liverpool nonetheless looking for their first clear sheet because the win over Burnley in September. Midfield choice has intrigue too, the place Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister and Florian Wirtz push for involvement.
Predicted Liverpool XI: Mamardashvili, Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo, Ekitike
Kick off: 8pm GMT, Anfield