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Under-fire Arne Slot to ditch back five as Mohamed Salah looks to return in must-win Anfield clash

Mohamed Salah will hope to quickly return to Liverpool’s starting lineup as they face Fulham in the Premier League, though Arne Slot is “worried” about Jeremie Frimpong and Joe Gomez.

Slot will surely swiftly abandon that experiment at home to Fulham on Saturday as Liverpool desperately try and avoid a fourth successive defeat across all competitions and jump-start their bid for a top-five finish this season, having lost 2-1 at Brighton on their last top-flight outing before the recent international break.

With first-choice goalkeeper Alisson Becker still injured, Giorgi Mamardashvili will deputise again having made a series of top saves to keep Liverpool just about alive in their last-eight tie against holders PSG.

Frimpong and Milos Kerkez played as wing-backs in Paris, though should revert to full-back roles in a traditional four-man defence here with Gomez potentially making way.

Depending on fitness, Gomez may also be preferred to Frimpong, who can operate further forward down the right flank if necessary, while Ibrahima Konate came in for more criticism on Wednesday.

Andy Robertson - whose own summer departure from Liverpool after nine years was confirmed on Thursday - is an alternative to Kerkez.

“The players I am of course worried about again for tomorrow will be Jeremie Frimpong and Joe Gomez,” Slot said on Friday.

Andy Robertson also begins his Liverpool farewell tour

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Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister should feature in midfield, with Curtis Jones pushing for another opportunity.

Salah will hope to return on the right, with Florian Wirtz on the opposite flank and Dominik Szoboszlai also in an advanced position supporting lone striker Hugo Ekitike, though Szoboszlai may have to fill in at right-back again if Frimpong and Gomez are out.

Alexander Isak made his return from injury off the bench against PSG, but was barely involved and surely lacks enough match fitness to start just yet after three-and-a-half months out with a broken leg.

Cody Gakpo and Federico Chiesa are other options for Liverpool in attack, while fans will want to see more chances handed to young sensation Rio Ngumoha. Fellow teenager Trey Nyoni was also sent on late in the Champions League.

Along with Alisson, long-term absentees Conor Bradley, Wataru Endo and Giovanni Leoni all remain sidelined.

Predicted Liverpool XI: Mamardashvili; Frimpong, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Wirtz; Ekitike

Doubts: Frimpong, Gomez

Injured: Alisson, Bradley, Endo, Leoni

Time and date: 5.30pm BST on Saturday April 11, 2026

Venue: Anfield, Liverpool

How to watch: Sky Sports