Liverpool line-ups for West Ham as Darwin Nunez and Ibrahima Konate decisions made
Paul Gorst: Nunez pays price for derby display
After a deeply disturbing derby performance from Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool, the manager would be firmly within his rights to ring the changes today.
Alisson Becker keeps his place but I am picking Jarell Quansah over Ibrahima Konate with Joe Gomez stepping in for Trent-Alexander Arnold, who can be kept in reserve if needed for a creative spark.
In midfield, it's all change. In come Wataru Endo, Harvey Elliott and Ryan Gravenberch. Elliott deserves a chance to build on his performance against Fulham and Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai both need a rest.
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Up top, Darwin Nunez pays the price for his derby showing and drops to the bench in favour of Cody Gakpo.
My team (4-3-3): Alisson; Gomez, Quansah, Van Dijk, Robertson; Endo, Elliott, Gravenberch; Salah, Gakpo, Diaz.
Theo Squires: Out of form players have to drop out
After an impressive showing against Fulham, Liverpool were horribly uninspiring in Wednesday's Merseyside derby loss to Everton. The return of a number of out of form players to the starting XI did not help, so they now have to drop out.
Ibrahima Konate loses his place to Jarell Quansah. On recent evidence, Konate would be fortunate to regain it before the end of the season.
It's all-change in midfield as Wataru Endo, have been bizarrely overlooked from the start in midweek, comes back in at number six. Harvey Elliott and Ryan Gravenberch can return either side of him.
New dad Cody Gakpo starts in attack in place of Darwin Nunez, who continues to look horrendously out of sorts. Luis Diaz has to go
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