Liverpool team vs Fulham confirmed as Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo decisions made
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Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has confirmed his starting XI to take on Fulham in the Premier League with decisions made on Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo at AnfieldLiverpool forward Mohamed Salah.(Image: Tnani Badreddine/DeFodi via Getty Images)Liverpool has confirmed its starting XI to take on Fulham in a crucial game in the race to make the Champions League spots, with Arne Slot changing things up in between clashes with PSG.The back three was only ever going to be a one-off, with Jeremie Frimpong, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson lining up as a four in front of Giorgi Mamardashvili.Dominik Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones are in midfield. Mohamed Salah returns in attack, with Cody Gakpo, Rio Ngumoha and Florian Wirtz completing the team.
Hugo Ekitike, Ryan Gravenberch and Alexander Isak are among the options from the bench.READ MORE: Liverpool vs Fulham LIVE: Team news and build-up, how to watch, TV channel and streamREAD MORE: Jamie Carragher worried about huge Liverpool game and gives Arne Slot verdict"It is clear and obvious that for us this is a phase of the season which not only includes a number of challenging games in a short space of time," Slot writes in the official matchday program."It is also one that will go a long way towards determining whether or not we can fulfill our remaining objectives."While I would be the first to admit that the season has not been the one we wanted, it still offers us opportunities — if we can take them.Liverpool head coach Arne Slot(Image: Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images)"We know exactly what is still on offer to us and we also know how much effort we will have to put in and how well we will need to perform if we are to finish as strongly as we would like to."Today, this means taking on a Fulham team who have their own objectives and who will come to Anfield looking to make things as difficult for us as always."I am sure that no one will need to be reminded of the last time we faced Fulham in the Premier League."That was a day when we showed so much character and quality to put ourselves within touching distance of a vital win only for it to be snatched away from us in the very last seconds.Get LFC's 2025/26 season home and away kitsThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn moreFrom $100LFC.comSee the dealLiverpool's home and away strips for the 2025/26 season are the first in their new partnership with adidas.Fans can order jerseys in the US at Fanatics.com or via the LFC Online Store in both the US and across the world."This is credit to them, of course, and it was also typical of the way Marco Silva’s team play because they always give us a proper test and, as that occasion showed, they are the kind of opponent who will look to push you all the way."For us, though, that game should give us another incentive to go one step further today and we can do this if we use that disappointment and the knowledge of how it came about as an incentive."Liverpool starting XI: Mamardashvili; Frimpong, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Jones, Szoboszlai; Salah, Wirtz, Ngumoha; Gakpo.
Subs: Woodman, Gomez, Kerkez, Isak, Mac Allister, Chiesa, Ekitike, Gravenberch, Nyoni.