The Liverpool manager made three changes for the game against Southampton, with the Paris Saint-Germain match an obvious factor in his thinking as Andy Robertson and Alexis Mac Allister dropped to the bench.

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Arsenal are currently without their four first-choice attackers, including Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, and Gabriel Jesus, and City have struggled since losing Ballon d’Or winner Rodri to an ACL injury in September. But Liverpool have managed to avoid such issues for the majority of the campaign.