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Liverpool will continue to balance itself by making changes and rotating as it tries to get back on the winning track against Southampton on Monday night.
Liverpool have just two wins in their previous five Premier League matches and they need to address that quickly.
Manchester United’s victory against Aston Villa on Friday has tied them on points with league leaders Jurgen Klopp. Liverpool can’t afford another little slip.
Southampton will be a tough opponent, the table as such suggests. They sit just three points from a place in the Champions League.
Two changes and a world-class addition
The main Liverpool question in question will be defense. The manager chose Nat Phillips against Newcastle, but might be more inclined to go with Rhys Williams for Southampton.
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So surely this is how Klopp will rotate between Phillips and Williams. The first to keep aerial threats at bay, preventing teams from playing for a long time with physical players. While Williams offers a greater threat with the ball since he feels more comfortable with possession.
Fabinho, meanwhile, has become so indispensable to Liverpool’s defensive quartet that the idea of a break simply cannot be understood today.
If it is included from the start against Southampton, it will be nine consecutive league starts for the Brazilian.
There will also be another change in midfield. Thiago Alcantara could finally return to the starting eleven for the first time since October 17. He is likely to replace Curtis Jones.
Landing the triumvirate of Thiago, Jordan Henderson and Gini Wijnaldum is a solid combination and a balance of style and work pace, and Liverpool will need it to win the midfield battle.
Up front, Klopp’s attacking trident will remain the same. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, James Milner, Xherdan Shaqiri and Takumi Minamino offer solid options from the bench.
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