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Naby Keita starts – Confirmed Liverpool team to face Southampton

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Jurgen Klopp has named two changes to his Liverpool side for this evening’s Premier League clash against Southampton.

The Reds are back in action after defeating Tottenham with a last-gasp winner at Anfield on Sunday as they look for another valuable three points.

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Fabinho and Naby Keita return to the starting eleven as they replace Jordan Henderson and James Milner from the win against Spurs.

The same backline of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson start as expected.

Fabinho starts as the deepest midfielder and he is joined by Gini Wijnaldum and Keita in the middle of the park.

Dejan Lovren, Xherdan Shaqiri and Divock Origi are Klopp’s alternative options on the substitutes bench.

Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Keita, Mane, Salah, Firmino.
Subs: Mignolet, Lovren, Milner, Henderson, Moreno, Shaqiri, Origi.

Southampton: Gunn, Valery, Yoshida, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Bertand, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Hojberg, Long, Redmond.
Subs: McCarthy, Stephens, Targett, Armstrong, Gallagher, Sims, Austin.

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