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Paul Gorst

James Milner starts at right-back as injury blow confirmed for Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp makes five changes for the visit of Manchester City as Ibrahima Konate misses out for Liverpool.

Konate made his first start of the season in Wednesday night's 7-1 win at Rangers but has now succumbed to a muscle injury meaning James Milner is drafted in at right-back and Joe Gomez shifts across to partner Virgil van Dijk.

Andy Robertson starts his first match since the defeat at Napoli on September 7 as Fabinho and Thiago Alcantara patrol the midfield just further ahead of the Scotland captain at left-back.

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Mohamed Salah, whose hat-trick off the bench on Wednesday night at Ibrox was the quickest in Champions League history at six minutes and 12 seconds, is back in the lineup alongside an in-form Roberto Firmino and Diogo Jota, who also returns to the lineup.

It means Darwin Nunez drops to the bench alongside Jordan Henderson and Curtis Jones, while Trent Alexander-Arnold is a surprise selection as part of the subs given his ankle injury sustained at Arsenal last Sunday was said to keep him sidelined for two weeks.

Liverpool: Alisson; Milner, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Thiago, Elliott; Salah, Firmino, Jota.

Subs : Kelleher, Henderson, Jones, Tsimikas, Nunez, Carvalho, Bajcetic, Phillips, Alexander-Arnold.

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