Team news: Matip returns as Klopp makes four changes
Joel Matip returns to Liverpool’s starting line-up as one of four changes made by Jürgen Klopp for tonight’s EFL Cup semi-final second leg against Southampton at Anfield.
Matip, whose last start came against West Ham United on December 11, partners Dejan Lovren at the heart of the Reds’ defence, with Loris Karius, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Daniel Sturridge also coming into the team following Saturday’s meeting with Swansea City.
Ragnar Klavan, Simon Mignolet and Georginio Wijnaldum are named on the substitutes’ bench, but Nathaniel Clyne is ruled out due to the same rib/abdominal injury that forced him to miss the trip to Manchester United 10 days ago.
Liverpool team: Karius, Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, Matip, Milner, Henderson, Can, Lallana, Coutinho, Firmino, Sturridge.
Subs: Mignolet, Moreno, Lucas, Origi, Klavan, Woodburn, Wijnaldum.