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Marc Mayo

Liverpool XI vs Arsenal: Starting lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest for FA Cup tie

Liverpool are without Mohamed Salah for the first time when they face Arsenal in the FA Cup, while captain Virgil van Dijk is missing from the squad.

Salah has joined up with the Egypt squad ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations and it remains to be seen how Liverpool will cope in his absence. Wataru Endo is at the Asian Cup with Japan.

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Luis Diaz replaces Salah on the right wing. Dominik Szoboszlai has been ruled out with the hamstring injury he suffered against Newcastle on New Year’s Day.

On Szoboszlai’s injury, Jurgen Klopp said on Friday: “I can confirm it's not a potential injury - it is an injury. Muscle, hamstring. But now we have to see.”

Szoboszlai will also miss the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final against Fulham on Wednesday.

Klopp said: “Dom is very positive, doesn't have a lot of pain, but we have to wait a little bit. So, no chance obviously for Sunday, not for Wednesday, and then we will see. After that, hopefully he might be back but we don't know.”

Jarrell Quansah starts in place of Van Dijk. There has been no clarity over why Van Dijk is missing at the time of publication.

Alexis Mac Allister is handed a start upon his comeback from injury in a young midfield with Elliott and Curtis Jones.

Thiago Alcantara, Stefan Bajcetic, Ben Doak, Joel Matip, Andy Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas are long-term injury absentees.

Confirmed team news

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior; Odegaard, Rice, Jorginho; Saka, Havertz, Nelson

Subs: Raya, Cedric, Walters, Sousa, Smith Rowe, Nwaneri, Trossard, Martinelli, Nketiah

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Quansah, Gomez; Mac Allister, Elliott, Jones; Diaz, Nunez, Gakpo

Subs: Kelleher, Jota, Gravenberch, Clark, Chambers, Gordon, McConnell, Bradley, Nyoni

Injured: Thiago, Bajcetic, Robertson, Tsimikas, Doak, Matip, Szoboszlai

Unavailable: Salah, Endo

Time and date: 4.30pm GMT, Sunday January 7, 2024

Venue: Emirates Stadium

TV channel: BBC One

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