Liverpool line-up confirmed for Atalanta as Mohamed Salah one of six changes
Jurgen Klopp makes six changes to his Liverpool team as they host Atalanta in the Europa League quarter-finals.
Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz drop to a substitutes' bench that also contains Diogo Jota and Trent-Alexander Arnold at Anfield.
Jota hasn't played since suffering a knee injury at Brentford in mid-February but returned to training earlier this week and is back in the squad alongside Alexander-Arnold, who has been plagued by issues of his own for most of the calendar year.
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The versatile Joe Gomez is drafted in at right-back as Ibrahima Konate returns alongside Virgil van Dijk and Kostas Tsimikas, who comes in for Andy Robertson on the left side of the back four.
Wataru Endopatrols the engine room in the No.6 position with Alexis Mac Allister and Curtis Jones ahead of the Japan captain. It's Jones's first start since the 4-1 win over Brentford nearly two months ago.
Harvey Elliott is named on the right side of the front three as Salah drops to the bench with Cody Gakpo starting over Diaz, who is also part of a strong contingent of subs on the night.
Dominik Szoboszlai, Ryan Gravenberch, Jarell Quansah and Conor Bradley all join Salah, Diaz, Alexander-Arnold and Robertson but goalkeeper Alisson Becker, who all returned to training recently, remains sidelined.
There is also a return for Stefan Bajcetic, who makes his first appearance in a Liverpool since the Carabao Cup win over Leicester City in late September.
Liverpool team: Kelleher; Gomez, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Endo, Jones, Mac Allister; Elliott, Nunez, Gakpo. Subs: Adrian, Diaz,
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