This season, Jurgen Klopp has made extensive use of his roster, so it hasn’t always been easy to forecast his starting lineups for each game.
However, because of the Reds’ participation in the Europa League on Thursday, the manager has revealed some remarkably significant hints about how his team would appear for Man United’s visit this weekend.
Here, we make an attempt to predict the starting lineup for Liverpool’s Sunday matchup at Anfield against their opponents.
It goes without saying that Alisson replacing Caoimhin Kelleher in goal is the most obvious choice.
Additionally, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold are guaranteed to start at the position because they were left off of the team that travelled to Belgium.
Alongside them, Kostas Tsimikas was rested to return to the left of defence, while Ibrahima Konate should be prepared to start ahead of Joe Gomez, who might be needed at right-back late in the game.
Wataru Endo appears to be a strong candidate to start in midfield as a holding player with Alexis Mac Allister still sidelined by injury. Endo also had a strong first half performance in midweek.
One thing is certain, though: Dominick Szoboszlai will start in the centre ahead of him after resting against Union SG and being prepared to return.
Although it would normally be more difficult to predict his teammate No. 8, Curtis Jones’s play for the whole 90 minutes on Thursday indicates that Ryan Gravenberch will be the
Given their absence versus USG and the lack of viable options on either flank, Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz appear to be the obvious choices up top.
Darwin Nunez was given the entire game in Belgium, thus even though Cody Gakpo may have lobbied for a start, Nunez will probably start from the bench.
Predicted starting lineup for Liverpool against Manchester United: Endo, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch; Salah, Diaz, Nunez; Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas
