Darwin Nunez has been handed a place in Liverpool’s starting line-up after his two-goal heroics off the bench last week.
Jurgen Klopp has trusted the Uruguayan striker to start alongside Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez in today’s clash with Aston Villa.
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Liverpool are without Ryan Gravenberch as the Dutch midfielder will have to wait until after the international break to make his debut.
Gravenberch, a £34million signing of Bayern Munich, signed on transfer deadline day but after the Premier League’s deadline for players to be registered for the weekend’s games.
The Reds signed the Dutchman up to a long-term contract on Friday night, pending a work permit. Curtis Jones comes in alongside Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai to make up the midfield three.
Klopp is also without Virgil van Dijk at the back following the captain's red card at Newcastle, while fellow centre-back Ibrahima Konate is absent due to injury.
That means Joel Matip and Joe Gomez start for the visit of the Villans, with the inexperienced Jarell Quansah on the bench.
Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Matip, Robertson; Jones, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Salah, Nunez, Diaz
Subs: Kelleher, Endo, Gakpo, Elliott, Jota, Doak, Tsimikas, Bajcetic, Quansah
Injuries: Konate, Thiago, Jones
Unregistered: Gravenberch
Suspended: Van Dijk
Time and date: 2pm BST, Sunday, September 3, 2023
Venue: Anfield
