Virgil van Dijk has been dominated out of Liverpool’s Premier League trip to Chelsea through illness, with Mohamed Salah surprisingly named on the bench as Jurgen Klopp makes six changes to his aspect.
Van Dijk reportedly missed coaching after feeling unwell forward of Tuesday’s sport at Stamford Bridge, the place Liverpool want to finish a run of three successive defeats both aspect of the worldwide break.
The defender beforehand missed seven video games with a hamstring harm in January and February, with the Reds struggling demoralising defeats at Brighton and Hove Albion and Wolves in his absence.
Van Dijk is just not the one notable absentee from Klopp’s beginning lineup in west London, with Salah becoming a member of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson in dropping to the bench.
Joe Gomez and Konstantinos Tsimikas exchange the full-back pair, whereas Curtis Jones, Joel Matip, Darwin Nunez and Roberto Firmino have been introduced in, with Harvey Elliott and Cody Gakpo additionally changed.
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Chelsea’s interim head coach Bruno Saltor, in the meantime, has made two changes to the aspect that started Saturday’s 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa – a consequence that led to Graham Potter’s dismissal.
N’Golo Kante will captain Chelsea on his first Premier League begin since final August, with Wesley Fofana the second participant launched by former Brighton and Hove Albion full-back Bruno.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Mykhailo Mudryk are each named on the bench after beginning the defeat towards Villa, a consequence that left Chelsea mired contained in the Premier League’s backside half.
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