Man City vs. Liverpool confirmed XIs: Huge Salah, Isak news, sky blue duo ruled out for FA Cup clash
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Mohamed Salah has been named in Liverpool’s starting lineup for this afternoon’s FA Cup quarter-final clash against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.
The soon-to-be-departing Egyptian king missed the Reds’ 2-1 Premier League defeat at Brighton before the international break due to injury, but he is fit and available to begin on the right side of attack against the Citizens.
Head coach Arne Slot has made three changes in total to the side that started at the Amex Stadium, with Joe Gomez and Curtis Jones also recalled, as Jeremie Frimpong, Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo all drop down to the substitutes’ bench.
Frimpong has recovered from an injury sustained on international duty with the Netherlands, but Gomez has been given the nod to start at right-back, joining Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk and Milos Kerkez in a four-man defence protecting goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili.
Jones is set to link up with Ryan Gravenberch in centre-midfield, with Dominik Szoboszlai operating as a number 10 and Florian Wirtz out on the left flank.
Liverpool fans have been boosted by the news that club-record signing Alexander Isak has returned to the matchday squad for the first time since December 20 when he suffered a broken leg. The Swedish striker is only fit enough to begin as a substitute, though, so Hugo Ekitike will continue to lead the line.
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