Liverpool Predicted Lineup Vs. Aston Villa: Regulars Return After Carabao Cup Disaster

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Liverpool are frantically fighting to rediscover their mojo erstwhile they big Aston Villa successful nan Premier League connected Saturday evening.

The Reds person mislaid their past 4 convention matches and six of their past 7 successful each competitions arsenic their early play blip transformed into a full-blown crisis. A triumph complete Eintracht Frankfurt has been their only respite, pinch caller defeats to Brentford and Crystal Palace piling nan unit connected Arne Slot.

With Liverpool facing Real Madrid and Manchester City aft their sojourn from Villa, triumph is of paramount importance. Unfortunately for Slot, respective injuries to cardinal first-team players will limit his excavation of talent disposable for a important clash.

Here is really Liverpool could statement up astatine Anfield.

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Liverpool’s defence has been their awesome rumor this season. / Carl Recine/Getty Images

GK: Giorgi Mamardashvili—Alisson’s hamstring wounded intends Liverpool are still reliant connected Mamardashvili successful betwixt nan sticks, pinch nan Georgian having been exposed by an anonymous defence successful beforehand of him.

RB: Conor Bradley—An wounded to Jeremie Frimpong ensures different commencement for Bradley successful nan backline, pinch nan Northern Ireland world having struggled defensively this season. He did, however, supply an assistance past weekend.

CB: Ibrahima Konaté—The Frenchman had blossomed successful matches pinch Manchester United and Frankfurt, but produced different unconvincing show astatine Brentford past weekend. He’s been incapable to lucifer quick, fierce forwards this word and will struggle pinch Ollie Watkins.

CB: Virgil van Dijk—Van Dijk is not operating astatine nan standards he was past season, but he’s surely not nan biggest rumor successful Liverpool’s defence. The Reds desperately request his activity for a captious encounter.

LB: Andy Robertson—Milos Kerkez was nan only subordinate to support his spot against Palace successful nan Carabao Cup midweek, playing nan entirety of nan fixture. That suggests he’s apt to beryllium replaced by Andy Robertson connected Saturday contempt scoring astatine Brentford.

DM: Ryan Gravenberch—Slot has confirmed that Gravenberch is disposable once much having missed nan past 3 matches done injury. The Dutchman’s return is timely fixed Liverpool’s protect woes.

DM: Dominik Szoboszlai—Szoboszlai has been 1 of fewer Liverpool players to do himself justness successful caller matches. The indefatigable Hungarian should commencement up of Alexis Mac Allister, who was utilized against Palace connected Wednesday.

RW: Mohamed Salah—Salah scored a beautiful extremity astatine Brentford, but it was different disappointing capacity from past season’s Premier League Player of nan Season. Slot needs much from nan Egyptian than consolation strikes.

AM: Florian Wirtz—Liverpool supporters are still awaiting Wirtz’s champion and nan Anfield crowd will dream to drawback their first glimpse of his Bayer Leverkusen shape connected Saturday. The German needs to subordinate up his ideas—and soon.

LW: Cody Gakpo—Gakpo has been different sparkling ray successful caller weeks, though he was underwhelming against Brentford. He’s scored six successful nan past six games for nine and country.

ST: Hugo Ekitiké—Slot is “99.9%” definite that Alexander Isak will miss retired against Villa, pinch Ekitiké starring nan line. The Frenchman has been different agleam spark during a gloomy play for nan Reds and has scored 3 successful 8 Premier League games to date.