Team newsConfirmed Liverpool line-up v Brentford

Virgil van Dijk returns in defence following illness to captain the Reds, with only Wataru Endo, Cody Gakpo, Joel Matip and Kostas Tsimikas retaining their berths from the midweek Europa League tie with Toulouse.

Sixteen-year-old Academy prospect Trey Nyoni is among the substitutes.

Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Tsimikas, Endo, Szoboszlai, Gakpo, Jota, Salah, Nunez.

Subs: Kelleher, Diaz, Elliott, Chambers, Scanlon, Doak, McConnell, Quansah, Nyoni.