Liverpool line-ups for Burnley as Endo and one more key player finally make returns
Ian Doyle - Gomez plays if fit
Another day, another step nearer to Jurgen Klopp leaving Liverpool. But there are jobs to be done before then, starting with Burnley at home in the Premier League this afternoon.
A rare 3pm Saturday kick-off, would you believe.
What, then, is Klopp to do?
The illness and injuries going through the squad at the moment do make it a bit tricky to determine some selections, but Alisson Becker should be in goal. Virgil van Dijk is one centre-back, and I'd have Jarell Quansah in as the other with Ibrahima Konate suspended. Joe Gomez, if fit, needs to stay in the team and can play at left-back. Otherwise, Andy Robertson comes in for his first start since October. Trent Alexander-Arnold is the right-back.
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In midfield, the return of Wataru Endo has opened up the possibility of pushing Alexis Mac Allister upfield a bit, which should happen. Curtis Jones can shift across from left to right in the engine room.
Up top, Darwin Nunez can return down the middle and Luis Diaz is the form player and can continue on the left. On the right, Diogo Jota gets the nod.
My team (4-3-3): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Van Dijk, Gomez; Endo, Jones, Mac Allister; Jota, Nunez, Diaz
Paul Gorst - Endo comes straight in
After last week's defeat at Arsenal, this 3pm Saturday visit from relegation-threatened Burnley has taken on extra importance for Jurgen Klopp today.
It remains to be seen how bad that outbreak of "flu" is within the Reds' squad and who have been impacted by it but we know Klopp heads into this one already without as many as nine
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