Liverpool will kick off the new year by hosting newcastle united at anfield on monday night. Jurgen klopp’s side is off to 2024 with a real chance of winning the trophy for the first time since 2020 after a 2-0 victory over burnley last time out, which put them in the premier league. In their first game of the year, a newcastle squad has lost six of their last seven games in all competitions.
In what will be star forward mohamed salah’s last game before leaving merseyside to compete in the africa cup of nations with egypt on the ivory coast, reds boss jurgen klopp will be aiming to add to the magpies’ woes. Salah could miss up to nine games for liverpool if egypt makes it to the final. Klopp wants alexis mac allister, who hasn’t played since beating sheffield united on december 6, to be fit and ready for newcastle’s visit to merseyside. Earlier this week, the argentine midfielder returned to training alongside the rest of his squadmates.
Here’s how the full Liverpool squad could look for Monday’s game:
Goalkeepers: Alisson Becker, Caoimhin Kelleher, Adrian.
Defenders: Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Joe Gomez, Jarell Quansah, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Luke Chambers, Conor Bradley
Midfielders: Dominik Szoboszlai, Wataru Endo, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister
Forwards: Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo, Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota
Unavailable: Andy Robertson, Thiago Alcantara, Stefan Bajcetic, Ben Doak, Joel Matip, Kostas Tsimikas
