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Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has risked the wrath of Liverpool fans by choosing to drop teenager prodigy Raheem Sterling for the away trip to Southampton.
Instead, Joe Allen will play from midfield, with Coutinho deployed in an advanced playmaker position behind the frightening partnership of Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge up top.
At the back, Daniel Agger retains his place despite a nightmare performance against Swansea last weekend.
Confirmed #LFC team v @SouthamptonFC: Mignolet, Johnson, Flanagan, Agger, Skrtel, Gerrard, Allen, Henderson, Coutinho, Sturridge, Suarez
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 1, 2014
Confirmed #LFC subs v @SouthamptonFC: Jones, Toure, Cissokho, Moses, Aspas, Sterling, Teixeira — Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 1, 2014
Confirmed @SouthamptonFC team v #LFC: Boruc, Chambers, Fonte, Lovren, Shaw, Cork, Schneiderlin, Davis, Lallana, Rodriguez, Lambert
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 1, 2014
Confirmed @SouthamptonFC subs v #LFC: Gazzaniga, Clyne, Yoshida, Ramírez, Wanyama, Ward-Prowse, Gallagher
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 1, 2014
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