Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Sport
Paul Gorst

Liverpool line up for Newcastle United as Mohamed Salah and other big names on bench

Jurgen Klopp has made five changes to his Liverpool team as they end their Premier League-title winning campaign at Newcastle.

Neco Williams makes his third start for the Reds in the top flight on the right side of defence alongside Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson.

Naby Keita and Gini Wijnaldum keep their place in midfield as James Milner comes in to captain the side against his former club.

Divock Origi, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Takumi Minamino complete an unfamiliar-looking front three with Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino left in reserve on the bench.

There is no place on the bench for either Adam Lallana or Dejan Lovren with both players in the final days of their Liverpool careers.

Lallana is expected to join Brighton at the end of the month with Lovren the subject of an £11m bid from Zenit St Petersburg.

Liverpool can move up to 99 points with victory against Steve Bruce's side on Sunday afternoon as they conclude a campaign which began close to 12 months ago.

LIVERPOOL: Alisson; Williams, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson; Milner, Wijnaldum, Keita; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Minamino, Origi.

Subs: Adrian; Fabinho, Firmino, Mane, Salah, Shaqiri, Jones, Alexander-Arnold, Elliott.

NEWCASTLE: Dubravka, Fernandez, Rose, Manquillo, Lazaro, Shelvey, Bentaleb, Almiron, Ritchie, Saint-Maximin, Gayle.

Subs: Darlow, Carroll, Joelinton, Muto, Hayden, Yedlin, S Longstaff, Watts, Young.

*Show you support for the champions by filling in our interactive Liverpool title map.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.