Liverpool team news confirmed as the new Premier League champions host Arsenal at Anfield
EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS - JANUARY 29: Head Coach Arne Slot of Liverpool FC gestures and talks with Federico Chiesa of Liverpool FC during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD8 match between PSV Eindhoven and Liverpool FC at PSV Stadion on January 29, 2025 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. (Photo by Broer van den Boom/BSR Agency/Getty Images)
There is no place for Federico Chiesa in Arne Slot's squad today as Liverpool attempt to move 18 points clear of Arsenal
Arne Slot makes six changes to his Liverpool team as Ryan Gravenberch returns and Trent Alexander-Arnold starts on the bench against Arsenal. As expected, Conor Bradley gets the nod at right-back just six days after vice-captain Alexander-Arnold confirmed his intention to leave the club at the end of his contract in June.
Ibrahima Konate returns alongside captain Virgil van Dijk at centre-back as Andy Robertson is named on the left side of the back four.
Curtis Jones anchors the midfield alongside Gravenberch, who was given the weekend off for last week's 3-1 defeat to Chelsea.
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The Netherlands international returns in place of Wataru Endo, who is part of the bench at Anfield with Harvey Elliott and Alexis Mac Allister,. Dominik Szoboszlai begins as the most advanced of the midfielders.
Luis Diaz leads the line with Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota on the bench.
There is no place in the match-day squad for Federico Chiesa, who continues to await his first Premier League start as a Liverpool player.
Cody Gakpo is stationed off the left, while Mohamed Salah is on the right.
Kostas Tsimikas and Jarell Quansah, who both started against Chelsea last week, will begin the game as part of the substitutes at Anfield.
The Premier League champions can go 18 points clear of Mikel Arteta's Gunners with a victory this afternoon.
Declan Rice misses out for Arsenal through injury.
Liverpool: Alisson; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Jones, Gravenberch; Salah, Szoboszlai, Gakpo; Diaz. Subs: Kelleher, Endo, Nunez, Mac Allister, Elliott, Jota, Tsimikas, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah.
Arsenal: Raya; White, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly; Partey, Merino, Odegaard; Saka, Martinelli, Trossard. Subs: Neto, Tierney, Timber, Zinchenko, Calafiori, Butler-Oyedeji, Henry-Francis, Nwaneri, Sterling.