The headliner fixture of Christmas weekend/the festive period is now in the books, and it ended all square. Liverpool and Arsenal battled to a score draw yesterday, meaning that Jurgen Klopp and company must already turn to the page to Burnley.
It’s a very quick turnaround (during the festive period, it always is) to the Boxing Day clash against the Clarets, and it’s a match where we might see Klopp do some squad rotation.
Boxing Day FYIs
Kick: Tue. Dec. 26 5:30pm Turf Moor
Liverpool Preview Material:ย ย Team Newsย ย Starting XI Prediction
Transatlantic Passage: How the Premier League Redefined Soccer in America:ย LINK
PL Form, Standing Liverpool 2nd, 39 ptsย DDWWWย Burnley 19th, 11 pts WLDLW
Liverpoolย 69%ย Drawย 17%ย Burnley 14%
Joe Gomez will likely now start at left back given the broken collarbone injury suffered by Kostas Tsimikas. Meanwhile Darwin Nunez, Harvey Elliott and Ryan Gravenberch could come into the starting lineup having begun on the bench versus Arsenal on Saturday.
This is what we think Klopp will decide to go with on Tuesday night.
Merry Christmas to all and to all, a good night.
Liverpool FC Starting XI Prediction at Burnley
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Jarrell Quansah; Dominic Szoboszlai, Ryan Gravenberch, Harvey Elliott; Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, Mohamed Salah
Prediction: Liverpool 2, Burnley 1
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