Liverpool face Ajax in the Champions League tonight and Jurgen Klopp again faces some real selection dilemmas.
The Reds appeared to be back on track after three straight wins in all competitions.
The 7-1 hammering of Rangers was ideal before 1-0 victories over Manchester City and West Ham United.
Liverpool came crashing back down to earth on Saturday though as they lost 1-0 away at struggling Nottingham Forest.
Klopp’s men need a strong Champions League result here and after beating Ajax 2-1 at Anfield, they would love the same in Amsterdam.
Liverpool predicted lineup v Ajax
Alisson Becker has been a constant amid so much upheaval this season and the Brazilian should start again tonight.
Virgil van Dijk will almost certainly start on his return to the Netherlands, leaving it as a toss-up between Joe Gomez and Ibrahima Konate.
Konate is only just back in training this week so we’ll give the edge to Gomez tonight.
Trent Alexander-Arnold should start at right back whilst Andrew Robertson will likely feature on the left.
Kostas Tsimikas and Calvin Ramsay could both be out after the Liverpool Echo suggested they weren’t seen boarding the plane to Amsterdam.
In midfield, Thiago Alcantara is still out injured and Klopp is running out of options.
This may mean that Fabinho and Jordan Henderson have to start despite both players struggling for form this season.
Harvey Elliott may then start on the right flank, just as he did against Forest, with Fabio Carvalho edging out Curtis Jones on the left side.
Carvalho didn’t exactly shine against Nottingham Forest at the weekend but Klopp really isn’t blessed with many alternatives.
Roberto Firmino has taken on a big workload of late so this could be the ideal time to unleash the partnership of Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah up front.
Nunez is back from a slight injury of his own and may now be ready to start in attack tonight.
We have seen Salah out wide and Nunez up top, even Nunez out wide and Salah up top at the end of the Manchester City win.
Salah and Nunez up top together could be very exciting though and a partnership Ajax won’t want to face – especially as Nunez scored against them for Benfica last season.
Injuries mean Liverpool are without the likes of Joel Matip, Thiago, Luis Diaz and Diogo Jota, meaning Klopp is right up against it tonight.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Naby Keita aren’t registered for the Champions League and won’t play tonight.
Liverpool predicted lineup v Ajax: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson; Elliott, Fabinho, Henderson, Carvalho; Salah, Nunez.
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