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Alexander Isak starts for Liverpool against Southampton this evening(Image: Richard Sellers\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar via Getty Images)<\/p>\nLiverpool line-up and team news in full for the Carabao Cup third-round clash at home to SouthamptonAlexander Isak starts for Liverpool against Southampton this evening(Image: Richard Sellers\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Arne Slot makes 11 changes to the Liverpool team that hosts Southampton in the Carabao Cup as Alexander Isak starts up top. The \u00a3125m British transfer record signing has played around 100 minutes for club and country since May.<\/p>\n
And having come off the bench for Saturday’s 2-1 win over Everton<\/a> in the Merseyside derby, the Sweden international leads the line against the Championship outfit<\/a> this evening.<\/p>\n Giovanni Leoni is handed his Liverpool<\/a> debut following his mid-August move from Parma, with the young Italian centre-back named alongside Joe Gomez, who makes a first start of the season.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Florian Wirtz makes blunt admission about Liverpool form and Jurgen Klopp advice – ‘Don\u2019t want to hear’<\/a>READ MORE: Giorgi Mamardashvili makes ‘crazy’ admission and shares true feelings on Liverpool back-up role<\/a><\/p>\n Andy Robertson captains the side at left-back with Jeremie Frimpong named on the right of the back four.<\/p>\n Giorgi Mamardashvili, the \u00a329m summer signing from Valencia, is given his debut in lieu of Alisson Becker, who was present at Monday night’s Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris alongside club captain Virgil van Dijk.<\/p>\n Both players are absent from the squad tonight alongside Mohamed Salah<\/a> and Florian Wirtz.<\/p>\n Federico Chiesa begins on the right side of the front three and Rio Ngumoha is given just his second start for the club after his 2024 switch from Chelsea.<\/p>\n