Liverpool XI vs Man City: Starting lineup and confirmed team news

The midfielder only recently returned to training, so is a surprise inclusion. Harvey Elliott starts at the Etihad Stadium.

Darwin Nunez returns to the squad from an ankle injury that kept him out of Uruguay duty.

Luis Diaz remains sidelined but is back in training.

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Another player who is back is Kostas Tsimikas after he suffered a chest injury while playing for Greece, being forced off in the first half of their friendly against Lithuania.

Stefan Bajcetic and Calvin Ramsay are out for the rest of the season.

Confirmed teams

Man City: Ederson, Akanji, Dias, Ake, Stones, Rodri, Mahrez, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Grealish, Alvarez

Subs: Walker, Phillips, Laporte, Ortega, Bernardo, Gomez, Perrone, Palmer, Lewis

Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson, Elliott, Fabinho, Henderson, Salah, Gakpo, Jota

Subs: Gomez, Milner, Firmino, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tsimikas, Nunez, Arthur, Matip, Kelleher