With Christmas now over, .

The Reds host Leicester City later today, with side knowing that another victory will guarantee that they enter 2025 in pole position in the league. With Chelsea facing Fulham earlier in the day, Liverpool will be hoping the Blues can drop more points and give them the chance to extend their four-point lead.

The hosts will be the clear favorites at Anfield today as they meet the Foxes for the first time since they returned to the , with former Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy now at the helm. Slot though has one or two tricky calls to make with his side.

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As per usual, starts in goal, with , and retaining their positions in defense. The first question mark arises at left-back.

returned from suspension against Tottenham, and obviously fared much better than he did against Fulham, although Dejan Kulusevski did give him plenty to think about. Slot does like to rotate his left-backs though, so it wouldn’t be a surprise at all if returned to the starting line-up here.

There is a bit of a dilemma in midfield. , and certainly all deserve to keep their places after their performances at Spurs, but , Slot may have to be careful.

Gravenberch and Szoboszlai are the players at risk, and the Liverpool boss will have to decide whether he wants to risk both of them at the same time. We’re not so sure he will, so we’re going to go with to replace Szoboszlai today.

takes up his usual spot on the right, leaving just the left and No.9 positions to be decided. With not in great form, you’d have to imagine it’s between , and for the remaining berths.

Having impressed at Tottenham, Diaz keeps his place for us, while the time might be right for Jota to make his first start since October.

Predicted Liverpool line-up vs Tottenham: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Jones, Diaz; Jota.