Cody Gakpo of Liverpool
Cody Gakpo of Liverpool
Cody Gakpo returns for Mohamed Salah as Giorgi Mamardashvili starts in goal for Liverpool at Brighton & Hove Albion.
Salah picked up a muscle issue in and is set to be sGomez, idelined until the other side of the international break. Netherlands international Gakpo in place of the Egypt captain with Florian Wirtz potentially set to play on the right side of the attack to accommodate the left-sided forward.
Alisson hasn't travelled with the squad and revealed on his social media account on Saturday morning that he . Georgia international Mamardashvili starts his sixth campaign in the absence of the No.1 with Freddie Woodman drafted in on the bench.
Jeremie Frimpong keeps his place at right-back with Milos Kerkez, Ibrahima Konate and captain Virgil van Dijk completing the back five on the south coast.
Hugo Ekitike leads the line and Slot sticks with the same midfield that overpowered Galatasaray in midweek with Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch and the in-form Dominik Szoboszlai all starting.
Liverpool: Mamardashvili; Frimpong, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Wirtz, Ekitike, Gakpo.
Subs: Woodman, Gomez, Robertson, Jones, Nyoni, Ngumoha, Chiesa, Ramsay, Morrison.
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