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Jonathan Gorrie

Liverpool XI vs Manchester United: Starting lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest for Premier League

Liverpool have recalled Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and a host of senior players for their crunch clash with Manchester United.

Jurgen Klopp made nine changes in Thursday’s Europa League dead-rubber defeat to Union Saint-Gilloise.

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But the likes of Salah, Alexander-Arnold, Alisson Becker and Dominik Szoboszlai all return an Anfield today.

Joel Matip is out after undergoing surgery for an anterior cruciate ligament rupture.

Alexis Mac Allister, Thiago Alcantara, Diogo Jota, Stefan Bajcetic and Any Robertson remain sidelined.

“Nobody got hurt, nobody is injured, so we recover, go home and go again,” said Klopp after the 2-1 defeat in midweek.

Klopp also confirmed half-time substitutions of Wataru Endo and Ibrahima Konate in Belgium had been pre-planned.

“We just wanted to share the intensity,” said Klopp. “Do I want to play Joe Gomez 90 or Ibou 90 if we had the chance to do that? [I decided] 45 and 45, the same in midfield.

“These changes were planned before the game, independent of the result. We just tried to give it a go. It was clear that Jarell [Quansah] if he could play through then he would play through. That was the thinking behind it.”

Confirmed team news

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas, Szoboszlai, Endo, Gravenberch, Salah, Nunez, Diaz

Subs: Adrian, Kelleher, Gomez, Jones, Gakpo, Elliott, McConnell, Quansah, Bradley

Manchester United XI: Onana, Dalot, Varane, Evans, Shaw, Amrabat, Mainoo, Antony, McTominay, Garnacho, Hojlund

Subs: Bayindir, Kambwala, Reguilon, Wan-Bissaka, Gore, Hannibal, Pellistri, Van de Beek, Rashford

Injured: Mac Allister, Thiago, Matip, Robertson, Bajcetic, Jota

Time and date: 4.30pm GMT on Sunday 17 December, 2023

Venue: Anfield

TV channel and live stream: Sky Sports

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