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Paul Gorst

Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah start for Liverpool alongside Stefan Bajcetic vs Man City

Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah both start for Liverpool at Manchester City in the Carabao Cup.

Fabio Carvalho is named on the left of the Reds' front three in Manchester as Roberto Firmino misses out entirely.

The Brazil forward is absent after suffering a kick to the calf in training earlier this week. The injury is understood not to be serious but he has not been risked at the Etihad with Jurgen Klopp already without Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz in his forward department.

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Stefan Bajcetic starts alongside Harvey Elliott and Thiago Alcantara in midfield as Jurgen Klopp's names a strong side against Pep Guardiola's men.

Joe Gomez and Joel Matip are the centre-back partnership in the absence of Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk and Klopp has not used either Brazil pair Alisson Becker and Fabinho or the England duo of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jordan Henderson following their respective exploits at the World Cup.

Henderson and Fabinho are part of the substitutes' bench, however, with teenage winger Ben Doak also part of the pack alongside Naby Keita.

James Milner starts at right-back and Caoimhin Kelleher is named in goal as Andy Robertson completes the starting XI.

Liverpool : Kelleher; Milner, Gomez, Matip, Robertson; Bajcetic, Elliott, Thiago; Salah, Nunez, Carvalho.

Subs: Adrian, Fabinho, Keita, Henderson Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tsimikas, Ramsay, Phillips, Doak.

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