Liverpool Predicted XI vs. Tottenham – Slot’s big change hinges on Szoboszlai

Below is a summary of the full article. Click here for the full version from This is Anfield or go back to LFC Live.

Arne Slot will welcome two players back into his squad for the trip to Tottenham, but faces an important selection with several sidelined and one key player in doubt. It is a rarity at this time of year for Liverpool to have a week between games, but it has afforded Slot the opportunity to work more closely with his squad.

There will be an expectation that it shows against Tottenham on Saturday, but Slot may need to make a late call on his lineup as he awaits the final verdict on Dominik Szoboszlai‘s availability. On that proviso, he would then be expected to take up the position on the right, as he has done for the last two league games, with Florian Wirtz and Alexis Mac Allister to his left, and Hugo Ekitike leading the line.

This would leave the likes of Alexander Isak, Federico Chiesa, Frimpong, Andy Robertson and Rio Ngumoha as options off the bench: Alisson; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Jones; Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Wirtz; Ekitike The alternative, should Szoboszlai not be fit to start, could see Slot deploy a 4-4-2 diamond system with Isak and Ekitike both leading the line. The tweaks would see Liverpool line up like this: Alisson; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Jones, Mac Allister, Wirtz; Ekitike, Isak Liverpool ought to like their chances of bringing an early Christmas present back to Merseyside on Saturday after Tottenham‘s inconsistent showings of late.