{"id":457150,"date":"2026-02-08T22:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/457150\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T22:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:47:10","slug":"arne-slot-names-bold-liverpool-line-up-for-man-city-as-injury-absence-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/457150\/","title":{"rendered":"Arne Slot names bold Liverpool line-up for Man City as injury absence continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool’s team news is confirmed from Anfield as the champions take on Manchester City this afternoon<\/p>\n

15:32, 08 Feb 2026Updated 19:01, 08 Feb 2026<\/p>\n

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Florian Wirtz will play in an attacking central-midfield role for Liverpool against Manchester City(Image: Steven Halliwell\/MI News\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Arne Slot names an attacking line-up for the visit of Manchester City as Florian Wirtz is selected in what is expected to be a central attacking midfield role. The Germany international scored six goals between late December and January and is picked in what is likely to be a traditional No.10 position for the visit of City this afternoon.<\/p>\n

Cody Gakpo<\/a> keeps his place on the left side of the attack as Liverpool<\/a> aim to secure a big victory in their push for Champions League<\/a> qualification.<\/p>\n

Hugo Ekitike<\/a>, whose double against Newcastle United last weekend put him on 15 goals for the season, leads the line with Mohamed Salah<\/a> stationed on the right side of the front three, with Florian Wirtz<\/a> behind.<\/p>\n

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Milos Kerkez, Ibrahima Konate and captain Virgil van Dijk complete the back four as Dominik Szoboszlai<\/a> once more deputises on the right side of the defence due to the injuries to Conor Bradley – sidelined for the season with a serious knee issue – and Jeremie Frimpong, who suffered a groin problem in the 6-0 demolition of Qarabag last week.<\/p>\n

Joe Gomez had been expected to returns to the match-day squad but remains sidelined. The versatile defender had been out for the past fortnight after suffering an hip issue in the 3-2 loss at Bournemouth.<\/p>\n

Gomez’s absence further stretches the options Slot has at present in his backline.<\/p>\n

The Reds attempted to bring in cover at the back late in the transfer window but were unable to boost their numbers before Monday’s 7pm deadline.<\/p>\n

Liverpool: Alisson; Szoboszlai, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Ekitike. Subs: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Endo, Jones, Robertson, Chiesa, Ngumoha, Nyoni, Ramsay.<\/p>\n

Manchester City: Donnarumma; Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, Ait-Nouri; Rodri, Bernardo O’Reilly; Semenyo, Haaland, Marmoush. Subs: Trafford, Dias, Reijnders, Ake, Cherki, Nico, Foden, Alleyne, Lewis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool’s team news is confirmed from Anfield as the champions take on Manchester City this afternoon 15:32, 08…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[109733,1711,4568,403,99],"class_list":["post-457150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-barclays-premier-league","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-manchester-city-fc","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}