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Arne Slot has chosen to recall Mohamed Salah to the Liverpool starting line-up for the Premier League encounter against Brentford.
The 33-year-old was named on the substitutes' bench for the midweek win over Eintracht Frankfurt and Salah's form and place in the Liverpool side has been a major talking point this week.
Salah deleted any reference to Liverpool from his social media bio and stormed down the tunnel after full-time whistle in Germany. Slot defended the Egyptian and backed him to soon rediscover his goalscoring form in Friday's press conference, and opted to select him in the starting line-up against Brentford.
He is one of three changes, with Conor Bradley and Milos Kerkez coming in to replace Jeremie Frimpong, Andy Robertson and Alexander Isak.
With Alisson still injured, Giorgi Mamardashvili retains his place in the starting line-up at the Gtech Community Stadium.
Bradley and Kerkez join Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk. Any Robertson's relegation to the bench may feel harsh following his impressive display against Frankfurt on Wednesday.
In midfield, Slot has stuck with the winning formula of Curtis Jones and Dominik Szoboszlai that impressed in midweek, with Florian Wirtz also starting.
Salah is expected to play from the right wing, with Alexander Isak not named in the squad following the injury he suffered in Germany. Ryan Gravenberch also remains unavailable and did not travel with the Liverpool squad to London due to the knock he sustained in last week's defeat against Manchester United.
Hugo Ekitike and Cody Gakpo start again after scoring last time out in the 5-1 Champions League win.
With five senior players missing through injury, youngster Kieran Morrison has been named among the substitutes.
Liverpool line-up: Mamardashvili; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Jones, Szoboszlai; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Ekitike.
Substitutes: Woodman, Gomez, Robertson, Mac Allister, Morrison, Chiesa, Ngumoha.
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