Liverpool you will remember had started well in the reverse fixture at Eastlands earlier in the season, before Sadio Mane’s red card precipitated a collapse that saw them hammered 5-0.
For Liverpool, this match heralds the start of the post-Coutinho era, and it is Adam Lallana who will assume the playmaker role, with Sadio Mane, Mo Salah and Roberto Firmino scurrying around as a terrifyingly hyperactive front three.
Simon Mignolet meanwhile will in all likelihood replace Loris Karius, who was in goal for last week’s FA Cup win against Everton.