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How Liverpool could line up against West Ham United

Sports Mole looks at how Premier League leaders Liverpool could line up for Monday night's visit to West Ham United.

Liverpool could go into Monday night's match against West Ham United with just two points separating them from Manchester City.

The Reds began the weekend five points clear at the top of the table, but they have already seen that gap cut by Tottenham Hotspur and Man City would follow suit with victory over Arsenal on Sunday.

Jurgen Klopp's side failed to fully capitalise on Man City's defeat at Newcastle United as they only managed a draw with Leicester City 24 hours later, and they know that they cannot afford many more slip-ups.

Here, Sports Mole looks at how the league leaders could line up at the London Stadium.



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Out: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (knee), Trent Alexander-Arnold (knee), Joe Gomez (leg)
Doubtful: Dejan Lovren (hamstring)

Liverpool will be boosted by the return of James Milner from suspension for Monday's match, and the veteran is likely to slot straight in at right-back after Trent Alexander-Arnold was once again ruled out by Klopp.

Jordan Henderson acted as the emergency right-back against Leicester and performed well enough, but the captain will be glad to return to his preferred central midfield position.

Joe Gomez's expected return date has been pushed further back, while there are concerns that Dejan Lovren has suffered a recurrence of his hamstring injury, despite being on the bench on Wednesday night.

Joel Matip is expected to continue alongside Virgil van Dijk, then, while in front of them Henderson is likely to take the place of Naby Keita, who was underwhelming against the Foxes.

Xherdan Shaqiri's place in the team is also in doubt, but the rest of the attacking four will start once again, with Mohamed Salah having scored four goals in three games against the Hammers and Sadio Mane having directly contributed to six in his last four.

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James Milner celebrates scoring the second during the Champions League group game between Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain on September 18, 2018
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Tables
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Manchester CityMan City26202468204862
2Liverpool25195156154162
3Tottenham HotspurSpurs25190651242757
4Chelsea25155545232250
5Manchester UnitedMan Utd25146549351448
6Arsenal25145651361547
7Wolverhampton WanderersWolves2511593332138
8Watford259793334-134
9Everton2696113638-233
10Bournemouth25103123744-733
11Leicester CityLeicester2595113031-132
12West Ham UnitedWest Ham2595113138-732
13Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton2576122736-927
14Crystal Palace2575132633-726
15Newcastle UnitedNewcastle2566132133-1224
16Southampton2559112742-1524
17Burnley2566132646-2024
18Cardiff CityCardiff2564152246-2422
19Fulham2545162555-3017
20Huddersfield TownHuddersfield2525181346-3311

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