A title celebration beckons on Merseyside this weekend, with Liverpool requiring only a level towards Tottenham Hotspur to say their second Premier League crown.
One other Arsenal misstep within the week has made life simpler for the Reds on Sunday as a Spurs workforce boasting a wretched document at Anfield make the journey north. Ange Postecoglou’s aspect have additionally lengthy given up on their home marketing campaign.
Arne Slot is near having a full complement of gamers obtainable for what’s certain to be an important day, and the Dutchman is unlikely to spark any drama along with his workforce choice for Spurs’ go to.
Here is how Liverpool may line up on Sunday afternoon.
GK: Alisson – The Brazilian shouldn’t be in Golden Glove rivalry attributable to harm setbacks, however he is undoubtedly performed an enormous position for the Reds when match and obtainable. He’ll stay between the sticks on Sunday.
RB: Trent Alexander-Arnold – Final week’s match-winner ought to return to Slot’s beginning XI regardless of uncertainty over his future. This can probably be the final month of Liverpool supporters having fun with the right-back’s mercurial present.
CB: Ibrahima Konate – Konate has been a relentless in Slot’s defence since recovering from an harm over the winter. He hasn’t all the time been at his greatest, however the Frenchman is nonetheless a key part of Liverpool’s defence.
CB: Virgil van Dijk – The skipper dedicated his future to Liverpool earlier than the Leicester triumph, and this will likely be his first look at Anfield because the contract extension.
LB: Andy Robertson – Kostas Tsimikas received the nod on the King Energy, and Robertson did not function in any respect. The Scot is poised for a return to Slot’s XI this weekend so he can work in tandem along with his outdated buddy on the alternative flank.
CM: Ryan Gravenberch – Gravenberch has been borderline revelatory this season, and Slot has struggled to drop him from the Reds’ beginning XI.
CM: Alexis Mac Allister – Much like Gravenberch, Mac Allister has nearly all the time been within the Liverpool workforce – and for good motive. Solely Van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Gravenberch have performed extra Premier League minutes than the Argentine.
RW: Mohamed Salah – Salah’s drought continued final weekend, however a return to kind can be becoming given the event and the way important the winger has been in Liverpool’s success this time period.
AM: Dominik Szoboszlai – The Hungarian was excellent the final time Spurs visited Anfield within the Carabao Cup, along with his relentless working fully overwhelming a fearful engine room.
LW: Cody Gakpo – The Dutchman has endured a quiet few weeks and hasn’t contributed all that a lot down the stretch after a formidable begin to the season. Regardless of that, Gakpo is predicted to retain his place down the left.
ST: Luis Diaz – Slot has confirmed this season that it does not require an excellent quantity 9 to win the Premier League. Diaz has operated right here, there and all over the place for the Reds this season, proving useful whereas functioning as a fluid centre-forward.