Nathan Phillips make his very first start for Liverpool FC in top-flight football as he partners Joe Gomez at the heart of the backline for today’s game against West Ham United.
With Fabinho’s recent hamstring injury, Jurgen Klopp faced an acute shortage of centre-back options in his squad, with Virgil van Dijk and Joel Maitp already being long-term absentees.
Elsewhere, Curtis Jones also features amongst the XI that will take the pitch shortly against the Hammers as a part of the midfield trio alongside Jordan Henderson and Gini Wijnaldum, with neither Thiago Alcantara nor Naby Keita even making the bench for today.
Firmino, Salah, and Mane start upfront as the attacking triplet will be looking to plunder some goals into the West Ham United backline, which has been subject to a number of defensive frailties this season.
The in-form Diogo Jota surprisingly features on the bench for the West Ham clash, despite the summer signing being in brilliant form of late following his move to Anfield from Wolves.
Here is how Liverpool lines up for today’s Premier League fixture against the Hammers:
Here’s how we line up for tonight’s clash with @WestHam 👊🔴
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 31, 2020
