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Connor O'Neill

Liverpool could make hard Darwin Nunez decision with double change

Liverpool continued their mini-revival with a fourth successive victory against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday afternoon.

Diogo Jota's injury-time winner gave Liverpool a dramatic victory at Anfield after Tottenham looked on course to salvage a point. The Reds went three goals up in the opening 15 minutes thanks to Curtis Jones, Luis Diaz, and Mohamed Salah.

However, Spurs drew themselves level with goals from Harry Kane, Son Heung-min and substitute Richarlison. But Jota scored in the fourth minute of additional time to send Anfield wild.

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Next up for the Reds is a home game against Fulham, and here we look ahead to the changes Jurgen Klopp could make to his team for the game on Wednesday night.

Klopp has been reluctant to overly tinker with his team in recent games given the run that has seen them move back up into the mix for the Europa League places at the very least.

But with the short turnaround between Sunday’s game and the one against Fulham, one imagines that rotation might be at the forefront of Klopp’s thinking. Starting at the back, Andy Robertson has started his side’s last nine Premier League games - could it be a chance for Kostas Tsimikas to try out the new tweaked formation?

Elsewhere at the back, one suspects Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate will be given the nod to start. Although Joe Gomez could come if Klopp wants to freshen things up a little bit, while Joel Matip filled in admirably at centre-back and got on the scoresheet against West Ham.

It's perhaps surprising just how reliant Klopp has been on his old guard in midfield during the past two months, so it was understandable to see Jordan Henderson drop out of his side’s starting line-up for Sunday’s game.

Fabinho has started the last 13 games in all competitions, however, and even though that sounds a lot given the form he has been in, one would suspect that he would keep his place once again on Wednesday night. As might Curtis Jones after he again impressed against Ryan Mason’s men.

It remains to be seen how Klopp plays it with Harvey Elliott. Replaced by Henderson just after the hour mark against Spurs, the midfielder could potentially be taken out for the return of his skipper. Thiago Alcantara is another question, given he was absent from the squad at the weekend.

In attack, Reds boss Klopp is spoilt for choice, despite Roberto Firmino likely to again be missing with a muscle problem. Mohamed Salah has been a regular on the right as he closes in on another 30-goal season, and will surely start again.

Diogo Jota has scored five in his last four games, including the winner against Spurs on Sunday, and he could well be handed another start. Cody Gakpo has been in fine form down the middle.

Darwin Nunez has been restricted to bench duty in six of the last seven Premier League games, and that is where he could well remain with Luis Diaz given the nod to start after impressing and scoring at Anfield on the weekend.

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