Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE text commentary of Liverpool versus West Brom in the Premier League. It's a cold, wet and windy night at Anfield where the Reds will be hoping to grab the victory needed to propel them back into the top four after they were leapfrogged by Burnley on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the visitors haven't even scored under new manager Alan Pardew never mind claimed a win and it is no surprise that the Baggies aren't labelled the favourites tonight.
Premier League / Matchday 17
Anfield / 13.12.2017
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Updated 13/12/2017 at 21:51 GMT
19:30
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West Brom are winless in 14 league games since August, failing to score in half of those matches (D7, L7). This is their longest run without a top-fight victory since a 16-match streak between February 2006 and August 2008.
19:25
Klopp explains why Mignolet has been replaced by Karius
“Si got a little knock in the last game, swollen around the ankle.
"If you don’t have another goalkeeper, Si could have played, but there’s Loris. So I think it makes sense that we make the change and hopefully we don’t have to make a change during the game.
“Si did OK today in training, absolutely, but we only had a little session. Yesterday, he couldn’t train. So, that’s the reason for that.”
19:20
Coutinho captains Liverpool tonight in the absence of Jordan Henderson who has to make do with a place on the bench.
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19:15
The visitors make two changes, with James McClean and Grzegorz Krychowiak coming in for Sam Field and Jay Rodriguez.
West Brom haven't won in 14 games and the 1-0 defeat to Swansea on Saturday saw them drop into the relegation zone.
19:13
Another notable inclusion is goalkeeper Loris Karius who starts ahead of Simon Mignolet. It is believed the Belgian is carrying a slight knock.
19:10
THE FAB FOUR START
Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino return to Liverpool's starting line-up and they join Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah in a formidable front line.
Of course, Coutinho and Firmino were both 'rested' for the Merseyside derby.
Perhaps Jurgen Klopp has got the team sheets mixed up and he actually meant to play the 'Fab Four' against Everton instead?!
19:06
WEST BROM TEAM NEWS
Starting line-up: Foster, Nyom, Evans, Hegazi, Gibbs, Yacob, Krychowiak, Livermore, McClean, Robson-Kanu, Rondon
Subs: Myhill, Brunt, Burke, Rodriguez, McAuley, Field, Ferguson.
19:05
LIVERPOOL TEAM NEWS
Starting line-up: Karius; Alexander-Arnold, Klavan, Robertson; Wijnaldum, Can, Coutinho; Mane, Salah, Firmino.
Subs: Mignolet, Milner, Gomez, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ings, Solanke.