Andrew Robertson misses out on a place in the Liverpool squad for tonight’s trip to Aston Villa.
The Reds beat Tottenham 4-2 at Anfield last time out and this evening travel to Villa Park looking to end their iconic outgoing manager’s final campaign as strongly as possible ahead of a final day clash with Wolves.
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It has been a particularly bad year for Jurgen Klopp in terms of injuries although it had eased somewhat until the fresh absence of Robertson.
Joe Gomez starts at left-back after the Scot missed training on Friday.
Otherwise it’s unchanged from Liverpool with Jarell Quansah preferred to Ibrahima Konate at centre-back and Cody Gakpo leading the line, leaving Darwin Nunez on the bench.
Diogo Jota is also out having yet to to team training due to a hip injury. Joel Matip, Thiago Alcantara, Bobby Clark and Ben Doak are the only other confirmed Liverpool injury absences at this stage.
Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Van Dijk, Gomez; Elliott, Endo, Mac Allister; Salah, Gakpo, Diaz
Subs: Kelleher, Konate, Szoboszlai, Nunez, Jones, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Bajcetic, Bradley
Injuries: Jota, Doak, Matip, Thiago, Clark, Robertson
Time and date: 8pm BST on Monday May 13, 2024
Venue: Villa Park
TV channel and live stream: Sky Sports
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