Liverpool return to Premier League action this evening as they host Leeds United at Anfield with Manchester City now in their sights.
Saturday’s 3-1 win over Norwich City and Manchester City’s defeat to Tottenham Hotspur means we suddenly have a title race on our hands.
Liverpool sit just six points behind City and have a game in hand, which is tonight against Leeds.
With the Carabao Cup final coming up this weekend, Klopp will have on eye on that Wembley showdown with Chelsea.
As a result, Klopp rotated some of his side against Norwich City at the weekend and we could see some changes for tonight’s game too.
With that in mind, here is out predicted Liverpool lineup for tonight’s game against Leeds at Anfield…
After picking up an assist against Norwich, Alisson should keep his place in goal even if there is some temptation to give Caoimhin Kelleher a game tonight.
Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson were both left out against Norwich with Klopp managing their minutes, but they should come back in tonight.
Virgil van Dijk is likely to keep his place, whilst we’re backing Ibrahima Konate to start again, saving Joel Matip for the Carabao Cup final.
We would expect to see Fabinho come back into midfield having been rested against Norwich.
Harvey Elliott seems primed for a start in midfield too, with Thiago potentially able to play an hour or so before being saved for Chelsea.
Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino don’t appear to be ready, so we could see Luis Diaz on the left and Mohamed Salah on the right.
Sadio Mane started against Norwich but has taken on a big workload of late and may be saved in favour of Divock Origi.
Origi is the source of talks surrounding a move to Napoli, but he may be needed to start tonight.
Klopp needs to use his squad wisely here, with the strength of the Liverpool squad certainly a huge benefit.
Predicted Liverpool lineup: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Thiago, Elliott; Salah, Diaz, Origi.
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