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Those teams: Luis Diaz and captain Jordan Henderson return to Liverpool’s starting line-up after starting on the bench against Villarreal in midweek. Diogo Jota and Naby Keita make way. Bobby Firmino is not in the call for the day.
Tottenham manager Antonio Conte makes just one change since last weekend’s 3-1 win over Leicester, with Dejan Kulusevski replacing Lucas Moura, as planned.
Alignments Liverpool-Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago, Salah, Mane, Diaz.
Substitutes: Milner, Keita, Gomez, Jones, Jota, Tsimikas, Origi, Matip, Kelleher.
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Romero, Dier, Davies, Emerson, Bentancur, Hojbjerg, Sessegnon, Kulusevski, Kane, Son.
Substitutes: Sánchez, Winks, Rodon, Gollini, Bergwijn, Lucas Moura, White, Scarlett, Matthew Craig.
Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)
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Tonight’s match officials
- Referee: michael oliver
- Attendees: Stuart Burt and Simon Bennett
- Fourth referee: Martin Atkinson
- VAR: darren england
- Assistant VAR: marc perry
First team news
Surprisingly, considering they are still battling on four fronts at this late stage of the season, Roberto Firmino is Liverpool’s only slight concern, but the Brazilian has returned to training after recovering from a foot injury and could feature. .
Jurgen Klopp may rotate his squad following his midweek efforts against Villarreal and some or all of Jordan Henderson, Joel Matip, Kostas Tsimikas and Luis Diaz could start tonight.
Tottenham Hotspur remain without Sergio Reguilon, Matt Doherty, Japhet Tanganga and Oliver Skipp but have no new injury concerns. Dejan Kulusevski was rested for more than half of his match against Leicester last weekend but can start in place of Lucas Moura tonight.
Premier League: Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur
It’s an unusually late start to Saturday night at Anfield, where Liverpool will hope to increase the pressure on Manchester City in the title race with a win over Spurs. A win for Jurgen Klopp’s side would see them take a two-point lead at the top of the table ahead of City’s game against Newcastle United tomorrow.
Currently in fifth place, two points behind Arsenal with four games to play, Tottenham’s victory would send them into the Champions League places overnight, with their north London rivals scheduled to play the Leeds United, threatened by relegation, at the Emirates tomorrow afternoon.
The stakes are high for both teams at Anfield, where kick-off is at 19.45. Stay tuned in the meantime for news and team preparation.
Reference-www.theguardian.com