Jarell Quansah starts for Liverpool as Jurgen Klopp explains decision to pick youngster at Wolves
Jarell Quansah makes his first Liverpool start as they are hosted by Wolves in the Premier League.
Quansah steps into the side alongside Joel Matip with Ibrahima Konate not risked following his return to training earlier this week.
It means Joe Gomez is named in the right-back slot vacated by the hamstrung Trent Alexander-Arnold as the Reds look to get maximum points at Molineux without three of their first-choice back four with Virgil van Dijk also suspended for the game. Andy Robertson keeps his place at left-back.
In midfield, Alexis Mac Allister starts at the base despite only returning to Merseyside in the early hours of Thursday morning after his involvement for Argentina in Bolivia. Dominik Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones keep their places from the 3-0 win over Aston Villa before the international break.
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Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz drop out for Jurgen Klopp's team as Diogo Jota starts against his former club in a front also containing Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah. Gakpo is expected to lead the line with Jota out on the left, although there is flexibility to allow both players to switch.
New signing Ryan Gravenberch starts on the bench for the Reds following his transfer deadline day move from Bayern Munich at the beginning of the month.
Speaking to TNT Sports, Klopp said: "I think it's pretty big. But we tried to make as little of it as possible because I think he showed in the two games when he came on how good a player it is. I think it makes more sense when we talk about it naturally. We just put him in the team yesterday and let's hope he can enjoy it."
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