Liverpool brought Darwin Nunez to their Premier League clash with Leicester on boxing day.
The striker came off the bench last time out against Tottenham but is in from the off at Anfield tonight, with Luis Diaz having to settle for a place among the substitutes.
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The Reds are not believed to have suffered any fresh injury concerns in the nine-goal thriller at Spurs, so it is largely a similar team to take on a struggling Leicester side under Ruud van Nistelrooy who currently sit in 17th position having won just three of 17 games in the top-flight so far this term, being thumped by Newcastle and then turned over at home by relegation rivals Wolves to truly end the new manager’s brief honeymoon period.
For Slot, it looks like the simplest match of Liverpool between a list regularly full of festive matches, which also includes a clash against the West Ham and a crash against Manchester United in the new year before the first leg of the semifinals of the semifinals of the Cup Carabao against Tottenham. .
However, the likes of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andy Robertson, Ryan Gravenberch and Mohamed Salah are just beginning.
Curtis Jones comes into the midfield, but there is otherwise little in the way of rotation.
XI of Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gómez, Van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Jones, Salah, Gakpo, Núñez
Sub: Kelleher, Quansah, Tsimikas, Endo, Szoboszlai, Elliott, Chiesa, Diaz, Jota
Time and date: p. m. GMT on Thursday, December 26, 2024
Venue: Anfield, Liverpool
Referee: Darren Bond
How to see it: Amazon Prime Video
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