Confirmed Liverpool lineup vs. Southampton: Robertson starts, Elliott IN squad – Liverpool FC

International action is finally behind us and Liverpool return with a trip to Southampton, where Arne Slot names a strong squad to take on the league’s cellar dwellers.

We can all look forward to non-stop club action until March, kicking off an important game against a Saints side who have just four points to their name.

However, the Reds cannot afford to take them lightly as a win at St Mary’s would open up an eight-point gap at the top.

With Alisson yet to return to full fitness, Caoimhin Kelleher remains in goal for the ninth time this season.

Conor Bradley starts in place of the injured Trent Alexander-Arnold, med Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson make up the rest of the back four.

In midfield, Ryan Gravenberch is accompanied by Curtis Jones and Dominik Szoboszlai – a trio that has only started together once this season.

Mohamed Salah will be eager to pick up where he left off, with Cody Gakpo and Darwin Nunez joins him in the attack.

That’s three changes from last time out and Slot has options from the bench as and when he needs them, including Alexis Mac Allister, Luis Diaz and the returning Harvey Elliott.

Kostas Tsimikas misses out entirely with a hamstring, while ex-Red Adam Lallana is in the starting line-up for Southampton this afternoon.

Southampton: McCarthy; Walker-Peters, Harwood-Bellis, Stephens, Fraser; Downes, Lallana, Fernandes; Dibling, Onuachu, Armstrong

Substitutes: Lumley, Sugawara, Bree, Manning, Ugochukwu, Aribo, Kamaldeen, Brereton Diaz, Archer

Liverpool: Kelleher; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Jones, Szoboszlai; Salah, Nunez, Gakpo

Substitutes: Jaros, Davies, Gomez, Quansah, Endo, Morton, MacAllister, Elliott, Diaz