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Paul Gorst

Stefan Bajcetic starts and Arthur Melo returns as three Liverpool midfielders not in squad

Stefan Bajcetic returns to the Liverpool team as Jurgen Klopp makes one change for the visit to Bournemouth.

The teenage midfielder comes in for captain Jordan Henderson at the Vitality as the Reds look to make it six unbeaten in the Premier League.

Victory on the south coast will take them up to fourth in the division and Klopp has kept faith with the same players who recorded a historic hammering of Manchester United last Sunday in that now famous 7-0 win.

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Alisson Becker starts behind a defence of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate and Andy Robertson, who is celebrating his 29th birthday. The back five are aiming to make it six successive clean sheets.

In midfield, Bajcetic steps in for Henderson alongside Fabinho and Harvey Elliott - with Curtis Jones, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Naby Keita all absent from the match-day squad.

Up top, Cody Gakpo is expected to lead the line once more with Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez either side of the Netherlands international. That trio scored two each against United and Klopp retain the new-look frontline as Diogo Jota is named on the bench next to Roberto Firmino.

Adrian is among the substitutes with goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher absent. Arthur Melo, who has played just 13 minutes for the Reds since his August loan move from Juventus, is part of the match-day squad. It's the Brazilian's first time on the Liverpool bench since October 1.

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Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Konate, Robertson; Fabinho, Elliott, Bajcetic; Salah, Gakpo, Nunez.

Subs: Adrian, Milner, Firmino, Henderson, Jota, Tsimikas, Carvalho, Arthur, Matip.

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