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135 Liverpool face a difficult trip to Brentford in the early kick-off on Saturday afternoon.
Jurgen Klopp looks set to be without a couple of key players in Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dominik Szoboszlai.
Alexander-Arnold was forced off in the 3-1 win at Burnley last weekend after a recurrence of the knee injury which had kept him sidelined for a few weeks.
As for Szoboszlai, he remains sidelined with a hamstring injury after a brief return earlier in February.
Despite two notable absentees, Mohamed Salah has been spotted back in training this week ahead of Saturday’s clash against the Bees.
And we believe the Egyptian star may be in line to start at the Gtech Community Stadium, with Luis Diaz dropping to the bench.
Liverpool predicted XI vs Brentford
Alisson Becker and Joe Gomez missed out last weekend through illness but are expected to return on Saturday.
Gomez may well replace Trent at right-back, while Alisson is likely to regain his place between the sticks.
Ibrahima Konate is set to return to action following his suspension last weekend and he’s likely to partner Virgil van Dijk in central defence, with Andy Robertson continuing at left-back.
We’d be surprised to see any changes in the middle of the park after Alexis Mac Allister, Wataru Endo and Curtis Jones started against Burnley last time out.
Klopp opted for a front three of Darwin Nunez, Diogo Jota and Diaz against Vincent Kompany’s side.
All three got on the scoresheet but should Salah be ready to feature, you’d imagine he’ll come straight back into the starting XI.
The £34 million man returned from AFCON 2024 ahead of schedule after picking up a hamstring injury last month.
Should Salah be passed fit enough to start, Diaz may well drop to the bench due to Nunez and Jota impressing in recent weeks.
Here is our predicted Liverpool XI for the clash against Brentford in full.
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