The Premier League game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest is going to happen some time today. Here, some of our writers choose the eleven players they think Jürgen Klopp should start.
This weekend, three teams that are competing for the Premier League title will play. Liverpool will play Nottingham Forest on Saturday. City will play United on Sunday, while Arsenal won’t play again until Monday night, when they host Sheffield United.
If the other two teams in the running for the title win their games, Jürgen Klopp’s team must move on. The Reds wouldn’t be ready to party until they won at the City Ground, even if they lost ground.
Now that Darwin Núñez and Dominik Szoboszlai have returned to training this week, Liverpool has gotten the perfect boost before the match. However, Mohamed Salah will not play this week and will return next week. He will probably come back for the big game against Manchester City.
Would Núñez and Szoboszlai be able to return to the starting lineup instantly, and is Bobby Clark being given a Premier League start? Some of the writers here at Liverpool.com have picked these squads. This weekend, Nottingham Forest will start the game four points clear of the relegation zone, but they will still be under pressure to avoid a possible points deduction. That could be the saving grace for Luton Town.
Dominik Szoboszlai and Darwin Núñez are both being managed by Matt Addison.
Núñez and Szoboszlai should start if they are healthy enough, in my view. So that they can get some game time here before next Sunday’s match against Manchester City, the two shouldn’t play in the Europa League this coming Wednesday.
In other places, the side picks itself. Ibrahima Konaté and Virgil van Dijk will start for the first team, and Conor Bradley will have to go for a second time. They each played half of the match in midweek. When it comes to left back, Andy Robertson is a lock.
Harvey Elliott will be sitting this one out because he has been heavily active in recent football and because I would like to see him play in the Europa League. Alexis Mac Allister can possibly join Szoboszlai in the center, allowing Wataru Endō to maintain his position.
Cody Gakpo, Luis Díaz, and Núñez make up my forward line. This is the third request to start a Premier League match, following Jayden Danns and Lewis Koumas’s performances against Southampton. The bench can be made by them.
As for my starting eleven, I have Kelleher, Bradley, Konaté, Van Dijk, Robertson, Endō, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Gakpo, Núñez, and Díaz.
Liverpool is likely to win by a score of 2-0.
Is Dominik Szoboszlai going to look smart when he returns?
James Findlater – Wataru Endō is back, and Bobby Clark is making his start.
At last, Liverpool may be getting some key stars back. It is possible that Jürgen Klopp is looking forward to soon having to make some tough decisions! Even though it’s far from certain that any of the fourteen players who were unable to travel to Forest for the Southampton match will actually show up, there are encouraging signs that a couple of them will. They may even be prepared to begin, I hope.
Andy Robertson has been sick all week, so I don’t think it’s a good idea to put him in danger right away. Along with Conor Bradley, Ibrahima Konaté, and Virgil van Dijk, Kostas Tsimikas can retain his position as a left back.
We still don’t know much about middle. Bobby Clark has proven that he is prepared for his chance, and it is yet to be decided how prepared Wataru Endō and Dominik Szoboszlai will be. You would think that one of them might be given the starting nod.
If Darwin Núñez isn’t fully prepared from the beginning, then circumstances decide, even though Harvey Elliott likely needs a break. The Uruguayan could possibly come off the bench, which would be a great surprise.
This is my starting eleven: Kelleher, Bradley, Konaté, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Endō, Mac Allister, Clark; Elliott, Gakpo, Díaz.
Liverpool is likely to win by a score of 2-0.
Something to keep an eye on: Núñez making an instant impact after coming off the bench.
