Liverpool will want to take advantage of the disarray at Brighton and Hove Albion of late to vanquish their own league demons following a controversial defeat to Tottenham the prior weekend.
The Merseysiders, it’s fair to say, have otherwise enjoyed a particularly strong start to their 2023/24 campaign in stark comparison to the previous season.
Jurgen Klopp has thus far steered his side to fourth in the table, only four points short of the league-toppers ahead of their upcoming trip to the South Coast.
Alisson Becker will no doubt be the man placed between the sticks once again behind a centre-back partnership of Virgil van Dijk and, likely, Joel Matip after Ibrahima Konate played the full 90 minutes against Royal Union Saint-Gilloise in the midweek.
The midfield was a source of great consternation for us here at Empire of the Kop, with Ryan Gravenberch’s performance deservedly putting him in the running for a first league start.
With further consideration, we’ve opted for a midfield three of Wataru Endo, Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai following the loss of metronome Curtis Jones to a three-game ban. Though, we’ve be pleasantly surprised to see our Dutch signing in the starting-XI this afternoon.
Completing the set, we imagine we’ll see Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Mo Salah lining up at the spear’s head.