Heavy tinkering is visible in the Liverpool FC starting XI that will take the field shortly at Villa Park for the third-round fixture against Dean Smith’s Aston Villa side.
A game that had been subject to a great deal of uncertainty owing the outbreak of COVID-19 at the Midlands-based outfit is now going ahead as scheduled and Klopp makes wholesale changes to a Liverpool FC side that came out second best in their previous outing in Premier League football.
Curtis Jones is drafted back into the XI after sitting out the loss against Southampton earlier this week, with both Thiago Alcantara and Alex Oxlade Chamberlain dropping down to the bench.
The Merseysiders backline is one department which witnesses a tremendous overhaul as Neco Williams, Rhys Williams and James Milner are handed starts.
Caoimhin Kelleher begins between the sticks in place of Alisson Becker who is afforded some much-needed rest by Jurgen Klopp.
Here is how Liverpool lines up for the upcoming FA Cup fixture:
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