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Paul Gorst

Naby Keita starts as Liverpool make eight changes for West Ham test

Jurgen Klopp makes eight changes in total as Liverpool host West Ham United in the Premier League.

Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho and Trent Alexander-Arnold all return to the match-day squad as Naby Keita starts in midfield alongside Fabinho and captain Jordan Henderson.

Alisson Becker once more starts in goal as Ibrahima Konate is named alongside Van Dijk at the back with Andy Robertson on the left.

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Sadio Mane and Luis Diaz both start after emerging as late substitutes for the 2-1 win over Norwich in the FA Cup in midweek as Klopp looks to go within three points of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.

Joel Matip misses out through illness as the Reds continue without Thiago Alcantara and Roberto Firmino.

An attacking-looking bench sees Klopp name Diogo Jota, Takumi Minamino, Divock Origi, Harvey Elliott, Curtis Jones and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain alongside James Milner, Joe Gomez and Caoimhin Kelleher.

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

Subs: Kelleher, Milner, Gomez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Minamino, Jota, Origi, Elliott.

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