Hello and welcome to LIVE coverage of Liverpool’s final Premier League outing without Daniel Sturridge. Can they keep their unlikely top four bid alive with victory at Aston Villa? We’re minutes (quite a few of them) away from finding out…

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Steven Gerrard misses out for Liverpool with a poorly hamstring, but Raheem Sterling returns after his holiday. Lazar Markovic - the star of the victory over Sunderland - could be deployed at right wing-back, depending on the formation Brendan Rodgers opts for. Any Mario Balotelli fans tuning in? Spend your Saturday afternoon doing something else; the Italian misses out completely.

Fabian Delph slots back into the Villa midfield following a three-game suspension. New recruit Carles Gil is named on the bench.

ASTON VILLA: Guzan, Hutton, Okore, Baker, Cissokho, Sanchez, Westwood, Delph, Cleverley, Agbonlahor, Benteke… Subs: Given, Bacuna, Weimann, Richardson, Gil, N’Zogbia, Lowton /// LIVERPOOL: Mignolet, Can, Skrtel, Sakho, Markovic, Moreno, Lucas, Henderson, Sterling, Coutinho, Borini… Subs: Ward, Enrique, Lambert, Manquillo, Lallana, Ibe, Williams.