Mohamed Salah has been named on the bench as Liverpool takes on Sunderland after the Egyptian was also left out of the win over West Ham United at the weekend.
Alisson Becker is in goal for Arne Slot's side, with Joe Gomez, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson lining up across the back four. Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch are in midfield.
In the forward four, there is Dominik Szoboszlai, Florian Wirtz, Cody Gakpo and Alexander Isak, the latter of whom scored his first Premier League goal for Liverpool on Sunday. Hugo Ekitike is among the substitutes, alongside the likes of Curtis Jones, Federico Chiesa and Milos Kerkez, with the change at left-back the only swap from the weekend.
"No one who is at this game will need me to tell them that our last two performances in front of our fans have fallen short of the desired standard," Slot writes in today's matchday program.
"Without wishing to dwell too much on those matches, this is clearly something that we don’t just want to change; we need to change.
"The word ‘standard’ is key in this. It is about the level that we set ourselves last season and the expectations that the club has set for itself for many, many years previously.
Liverpool boss Arne Slot speaks to Mohamed Salah on the sideline
Arne Slot has admitted it was 'not nice' to drop Mohamed Salah against West Ham (Image: Getty Images)
"This does not always guarantee good results but it definitely does improve our chances of getting them.
"This is the way it has always been and it is also definitely the way it is right now.
"This is why Sunday’s victory at West Ham was a step in the right direction after such a difficult period.
"It was not the greatest game that a Liverpool team has ever played and we know that further improvements are still needed — but it was the performance that was required in the circumstances.
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"We kept a clean sheet, we did not give away any real chances — except for in the very last minute — and the players worked incredibly hard from kick-off to the final whistle.
"On top of this, we scored two very well-taken goals which gave us the reward that we deserved on the day.
"These are the headlines of what we did as a team but on top of this we had the kind of support which makes such a difference at times like this. To all those who made the journey to London to give us this kind of backing, I can only say thank you."
Liverpool starting XI: Alisson; Gomez, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Szoboszlai, Wirtz, Gakpo; Isak. Subs: Mamardashvili, Kerkez, Endo, Jones, Nyoni, Ngumoha, Ekitike, Chiesa, Salah.