Curtis Jones has been handed his first Premier League start in more than a month as Liverpool aim to move top of the table.
Jones will feature in midfield with Jurgen Klopp having rung the changes for the visit of Watford for today’s early kick-off.
He is one of six changes from the side that beat Nottingham Forest in the Reds’ last game in the FA Cup quarter-final a fortnight ago.
Jones will line up alongside skipper Jordan Henderson and Thiago Alcantara in the engine room with Fabinho rested to the bench.
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Joe Gomez continues at right-back with Trent Alexander-Arnold fit enough to appear on the bench. Alisson Becker is in goal, with Joel Matip reunited with Virgil van Dijk at centre-back and Andy Robertson coming in at left-back.
Up front, Mohamed Salah returns to the right flank, with Diogo Jota on the left and Roberto Firmino, who scored a hat-trick at Watford in October, down the middle.
LIVERPOOL: Alisson; Gomez, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Thiago, Jones; Salah, Firmino, Jota.
SUBSTITUTES: Kelleher, Fabinho, Konate, Milner, Mane, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tsimikas, Diaz, Alexander-Arnold.
