Liverpool squad news for Fulham as Jurgen Klopp makes six changes
Jurgen Klopp has named his squad for the match against Fulham at Anfield Jurgen Klopp makes six changes for the visit of Fulham, Darwin Nunez makes an appearance. Nunez was a second-half substitute in Thursday’s 4-0 Europa League defeat to LASK, but the Uruguay international is set to start in midfield against the Cottagers, with Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz retaining their places. Cody Gakpo, who scored twice earlier this week, will be benched. Salah, who will hand the captaincy back to club boss Virgil van Dijk, will aim for his 200th Liverpool goal this afternoon as a penalty on Thursday took him to 13 for the season. At the back, Trent Alexander-Arnold is on the right, with Van Dijk in the center back alongside Joel Matip, while Kostas Tsimikas retains his place on the left in Andy Robertson’s continued absence. Ryan Gravenberch gets the nod in midfield as Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister return in place of Wataru Endo and Harvey Elliott. With a victory against the coach of Marco Silva, the Reds close the gap on the leaders of the Premier League Arsenal to two points. Liverpool: Kelleher; Aleksander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Matip, Tsimikas; Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch; Salah, Nunez, Diaz. Subs: Adrian, Gomez, Endo, Konate, Jones, Gakpo, Elliott, Doak, Quansah