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Confirmed Liverpool team vs Monterrey – Key stars missing for Reds

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Jurgen Klopp has named his Liverpool side for this evening’s Club World Cup semi-final clash against Monterrey.

Virgil van Dijk misses out due to illness, with Klopp naming a heavily changed back-line of James Milner, Joe Gomez, Jordan Henderson and Andy Robertson.

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Adam Lallana starts at the base of midfield, partnered by Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Divock Origi and Xherdan Shaqiri start alongside Mohamed Salah upfront, with Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane surprisingly left on the substitutes bench.

Liverpool: Alisson, Milner, Gomez, Henderson, Robertson, Lallana, Keita, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Shaqiri, Salah, Origi

Substitutes: Adrian, Lonergan, Firmino, Mane, Jones, Alexander-Arnold, Williams

Monterrey: Barovero, Montes, Sánchez, Vangioni, Gallardo, Medina, Celso Ortiz, Carlos Rodríguez, Pabón, Funes Mori, Pizarro.

Substitutes: TBA

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