This is a great piece from James Pearce in The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/1513365/2020/01/08/liverpool-klopp-lijnders-interview/?source=shared-article
Trying to come up with a side for this game won't be easy. Some suggestions it could be: Kelleher, Hoever, Sepp, Boyes, Larouci, Chirivella, Kane, Christie-Davies, Elliot, Brewster, Longstaff (although rumours are Brewster is injured)
Trent is one booking away from a one match league suspension. The cut-off point for players trying to avoid collecting five yellow cards is after 19 league fixtures. So if he plays and gets booked v Watford, he misses the trip to Leicester.
Early kick off on Saturday. Nigel Pearson's first match as *interim* manager of Watford. We average 16 goals in the last 3 matches at Anfield against them if I'm not mistaken? We're down to two fit first team CBs for this match as I don't think Klopp will risk Lovren despite him saying it could be a similar issue to the one that saw him go off at Bournemouth. I think Watford will be up for the fight but can also see Klopp rotating some of the front 3 again (Shaqiri and Origi coming in).
Coming in as thick and fast are these December fixtures. A tricky away day lies in store for us. Bearing in mind we've got a tough fixture on the Tuesday (Salzburg) thereafter, Klopp might feel compelled to tinker with the side again. I think Mane might actually sit this one out for a bit of a rest. Alisson returns and Henderson probably comes back into midfield.
The draw has been finalised after the South American and Asian Champions were finalised yesterday and today respectively. Here is the path for Liverpool to win the competition. I feel we've got the toughest draw, and likelihood is that we'll play Flamengo in the final.
If you saw Milner's post match interview he basically put the goal down to them having to stand in positions they're not used because of the changes made to the squad.