Liverpool line-ups for Sparta Prague as Mohamed Salah and Jayden Danns decisions made
Paul Gorst - Salah gets 45 minutes
The key for Jurgen Klopp here is to strike the balance between getting minutes into the legs of those who need them ahead of Sunday's visit to Manchester United and ensuring there are few injury risks taken given there's a 5-1 lead.
Mohamed Salah gets his first start since New Year's Day but the Egyptian plays just 45 minutes for me. He will be desperate to claim his 20th goal of the campaign having been wrongly denied with a curious offside decision in Prague last week.
He joins the front three alongside Jayden Danns and Lewis Koumas. Cody Gakpo can play the second half with some resting on the bench for Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz, in particular.
At the back, Conor Bradley starts with Joe Gomez shuffling into centre-back alongside Jarell Quansah and Kostas Tsimikas on the left. Adrian is named in goal.
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In midfield, James McConnell can patrol the engine room with Bobby Clark slightly further forward. Dominik Szoboszlai, like Salah, could use the minutes, so he also starts for me.
My team (4-3-3): Adrian; Bradley, Gomez, Quansah, Tsimikas; McConnell, Szoboszlai, Clark; Salah, Danns, Koumas
Ian Doyle - Kelleher keeps place in strong XI
Another Thursday, another game for Liverpool. And another evening of rotation.
With the Reds 5-1 up from the first leg of their Europa League round of 16 tie against Sparta Prague, there will at least be some wriggle room for changes at Anfield.
What, though, is Jurgen Klopp to do?
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