Liverpool hand competitive debuts to three players in tonight’s Carabao Cup tie at MK Dons, while Naby Keita returns after injury.

Caoimhin Kelleher, Harvey Elliott and Rhian Brewster are named in the Reds’ starting XI at Stadium MK for the third-round fixture.

Keita is one of several senior players named in Jürgen Klopp’s line-up, joining Dejan Lovren, Joe Gomez, James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Adam Lallana.

Liverpool: Kelleher, Hoever, Lovren, Gomez, Milner, Keita, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Lallana, Jones, Elliott, Brewster.

Subs: Lonergan, Lewis, Kane, Chirivella, Van den Berg, Longstaff, Clarkson.