Liverpool starting XI for Bournemouth clash as injury blow results in three changes

Arne Slot is acceptable to marque 3 changes to his Liverpool squad for today's Premier League gathering with Bournemouth aft goalkeeper Alisson Becker was ruled retired owing to a musculus injury

Liverpool caput manager Arne Slot could beryllium forced into 3 changes for this afternoon’s Premier League gathering with Bournemouth.

And 2 weeks connected from discussing his tendency to permission Anfield successful pursuit of regular starts, Ireland goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher is acceptable to regenerate Alisson Becker betwixt the posts aft the Brazilian stopper sustained a musculus wounded successful midweek.

Andrew Robertson is successful enactment to instrumentality astatine near backmost aft missing the Champions League triumph distant to Milan connected Tuesday, with Kostas Tsimikas dropping out. And Luis Diaz volition beryllium expected to commencement alternatively of Cody Gakpo retired wide.

However Uruguay striker Darwin Nunez indispensable proceed to hold for his archetypal commencement nether Slot – adjacent though the caller brag played down immoderate proposition that Nunez is not portion of his plans aft helium was sprung from the substitutes' seat astatine San Siro.

Diogo Jota has been favoured arsenic the first-choice No9 truthful acold but Slot said the grounds £85m signing Nunez, 25, indispensable support moving and that assurance successful him to lend crossed a agelong play remains strong.

“It’s ever hard due to the fact that players, but besides the media, lone deliberation you person assurance successful a subordinate if you play him," the Liverpool caput manager said.

“We person assurance successful each of them, different you don’t bring a subordinate successful if you’re 3-1 up half-an-hour earlier the extremity oregon past week against Nottingham Forest, helium came connected fractional an hr earlier the end.

“There’s a batch of assurance successful him. But determination are 2 players for that presumption and I could adjacent travel up with more, who could play successful that position. He’s successful contention with Diogo, who’s done truly well.

“But galore games person to beryllium played and determination volition beryllium capable clip to justice Darwin, if helium improves and however helium improves and if helium tin bash peculiar things for the club.”

Liverpool squad to look Bournemouth: Kelleher; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Diaz; Jota

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