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Liverpool Echo
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Paul Gorst

Liverpool team confirmed as Sadio Mane starts with four changes against Burnley

Jurgen Klopp makes four Liverpool changes for the visit to Burnley as Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane start.

Salah was only used as second-half substitute for Thursday's 2-0 win over Leicester while Mane was rested entirely after his exploits for Senegal in their successful Africa Cup of Nations campaign.

Both players are restored to the starting lineup at Turf Moor as Roberto Firmino is deployed centrally.

Captain Jordan Henderson returns to the midfield alongside Fabinho and Naby Keita as the Reds look to close the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester City to nine points.

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Henderson missed the game with Brendan Rodgers' side on Thursday with a minor back complaint but is back in the side for his 311th top-flight Liverpool appearance.

It's the same back five that started at Anfield in the week as Alisson Becker is named in goal behind a back four of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Joel Matip and Andy Robertson.

Klopp is able to name a strong bench with the likes of Diogo Jota, Thiago Alcantara, Ibrahima Konate and new signing Luis Diaz all waiting in the wings.

Liverpool : Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Henderson, Keita; Salah, Firmino, Mane.

Subs: Kelleher, Konate, Thiago, Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jota, Tsimikas, Diaz, Elliott.

Burnley: Pope, Roberts, Tarkowski, Mee, Pieters, Lennon, Westwood, Brownhill, Cornet, Rodriguez, Weghorst.

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