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Confirmed Liverpool team vs Brighton – Minamino starts; skipper on the bench

Takumi Minamino

Jurgen Klopp has named his Liverpool starting eleven for today’s Premier League clash against Brighton and Hove Albion.

The Reds boss makes six changes from the side that lost in midweek as the likes of Takumi Minamino, Nathaniel Phillips and Diogo Jota come into the lineup.

Alisson starts between the sticks, with Neco Williams, Nathaniel Phillips, Fabinho and Andy Robertson lining up at the back.

James Milner, Gini Wijnaldum and Takumi Minamino start in midfield, while Roberto Firmino, Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah link up in attack.

Liverpool: Alisson, N. Williams, Phillips, Fabinho, Robertson, Milner, Wijnaldum, Minamino, Jota, Salah, Firmino.

Substitutes: Adrian, Mane, Henderson, Jones, Tsimikas, Origi, R. Williams.

Brighton: Ryan, White, Webster, Dunk, Connolly, Bissouma, Maupay, Gross, Welbeck, March, Veltman.

Substitutes: Steele, Trossard, Lallana, Jahanbakhsh, Alzate, Burn, Molumby.

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