Team newsConfirmed Liverpool line-up v Sunderland

Wataru Endo replaces the suspended Dominik Szoboszlai at the Stadium of Light, while Andy Robertson returns in place of Milos Kerkez.

Joe Gomez is named among the substitutes after recovering from injury.

Liverpool: Alisson, Endo, Van Dijk, Konate, Wirtz, Mac Allister, Salah, Gakpo, Ekitike, Robertson, Gravenberch.

Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Kerkez, Chiesa, Jones, Nyoni, Ramsay, Morrison, Ngumoha.