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Arne Slot restores big hitters as Reds face difficult trip to south coast

Virgil van Dijk is back for Liverpool

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Jonathan Gorrie40 seconds ago

Liverpool bring their big names back for today’s Premier League clash with Bournemouth.

Arne Slot was afforded the chance to rest a lot of his big name players for Liverpool’s 3-2 loss at PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League on Wednesday night, with most of them expected back here.

Still, all of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgl van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Alexis Mac Allister return.

Joe Gomez, Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez are all back on the bench for the Reds in a major boost for Slot.

Curtis Jones also features.

Federico Chiesa misses out.

Liverpool starting XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Mac Allister, Gravenberch; Salah, Szoboszlai, Gakpo, Diaz

Subs: Kelleher, Endo, Nunez, Jones, Elliott, Jota, Tsmikas, Quansah, Bradley

Time and date: 3pm GMT today on Saturday 1 February 2025

Venue: Vitality Stadium (Dean Court), Bournemouth

TV channel and live stream: Not available in the UK

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