Although Reds boss Jurgen Klopp has had some notable stumbles against Swansea City, it's only bee a few weeks since they smacked five unanswered goals past a rudderless and altogether underwhelming Jacks side to celebrate the holiday season in style.

"Being drawn against FC Porto in the last-16 of the competition was a decent outcome for Liverpool and you look around Europe and maybe this is a year for a surprise victor". One player unlikely to feature will be club captain Jordan Henderson who is coming back from a hamstring injury.

Swansea have seen a great deal of improvement in the very little time that Carvalhal has been with the club, with the Portuguese manager instilling a sense of hope back into the Liberty Stadium.

Premier League giants Liverpool seem to be rather excited about having sold Philippe Coutinho for £142m, mainly because it means they can buy some talented players.

He wasn't in Klopp's match-day squad for Liverpool's emphatic 4-0 win over Arsenal in late August, with Karius once again getting the nod ahead of the Belgian, before remaining on the bench for the visits of West Brom and Leicester City in December.

"No-one would leave to any other Premier League club during the season". The Egyptian was ill midweek, as were Ragnar Klavan and Dejan Lovren, and only returned to training on Friday and there were fears he might miss the trip to Wales.

There are things we must learn to not be in trouble again and I can assure you we'll give a good answer on Monday. Signing one more unsafe attacking player could secure Liverpool's spot in the Champions League.

The goal was the 26-year-old's fourth in his last seven games, and he could cause the Liverpool defence problems, particularly if Abraham is ruled out.

"If we just care about our opponents we will not play, so we must block them and the main attributes that they have and we will try to make it hard for them".

Roberto Firmino spearheads the attack, flanked by Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah.

Speaking at a press conference, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said that he does not believe City pulled out of the race due to money.

"It is close, but maybe close and not enough time for Swansea - but [after that] Hendo is back and that's good news".

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to score anytime and Liverpool to win is 5/1.

This will be Van Dijk's league debut.

The Reds were superb in beating the league leaders eight days ago and now go to the Premier League's bottom side with the hops of regaining third place in the table.