Liverpool line-ups for Bournemouth as Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah decisions made
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There may be bad weather expected on the South Coast this evening but Liverpool will hope to whip up a storm of their own against Bournemouth.
But who should Jurgen Klopp call upon for the League Cup fourth round tie?
There will be changes. And a lot of them. First of all in goal, where Caoimhin Kelleher can start. In fact, the whole of the backline is new, with Joe Gomez right-back, Joel Matip and Jarell Quansah the centre-backs and Luke Chambers left-back.
In midfield, Wataru Endo returns as the number six with Curtis Jones on the left. And I’d stick with Ryan Gravenberch but shift him to the right.
And up top, Cody Gakpo is ready to lead the line, with Harvey Elliott on the right and the durable Diogo Jota on the left.
My team (4-3-3): Kelleher; Gomez, Matip, Quansah, Chambers; Endo, Gravenberch, Jones; Elliott, Gakpo, Jota
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A fairly manageable three-game run in the next eight days should see Liverpool able to rotate, chop and change without too much of a drop-off in quality.
Before trips to Toulouse and Luton Town however, it’s Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup with a place in the quarter-finals at stake. It’s a competition that has been proven to provide a huge bounce for teams and clubs towards greater heights if they are successful and this new-look squad should be going all out in my opinion as a result.
In goal, Caoimhin Kelleher comes in for Alisson Becker and Joe Gomez can drop in at right-back. In the centre, I’m
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