RW: Raheem Sterling
If reports are to be believed, Sterling could be unsettled at Liverpool with only a year left on his contract and talks having to wait until the end of the season with several of Europe’s top teams sniffing around him. The Reds are unlikely to sacrifice him in their team to take him out of the spotlight though.
ST: Daniel Sturridge
It is these kind of high pressure spectacles which Sturridge will have been disappointed to miss during his long injured spell this season. The England striker has started only eight games this term and will want to get straight back into his stride in this encounter.
LW: Philippe Coutinho
One of Liverpool’s success stories of the 2014/15 season has been the emergence of Coutinho from the shadows. All too often he would play very much on the periphery, but he has shone this term and bent in a few goals to boot.