Ben Doak is one of the 11 changes Jurgen Klopp made for Liverpool’s Europa League debut against LASK, and he was given the starting spot.
On the heels of a 3-1 comeback at Wolves, the Reds face Austrian side LASK in their first-ever Europa League match.
With West Ham coming to town on Sunday, Klopp has changed up his lineup while keeping a solid starting eleven for Europe.
In the Europa League, Caomhin Kelleher is favored to Alisson as the starting goalkeeper.
Due to Trent Alexander-Arnold’s absence, Stefan Bajcetic unexpectedly starts at right defender. Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate are the center defenders, and Kostas Tsimikas makes up the back four.
In order to complement the more experienced Harvey Elliot and Ryan Gravenberch, who is making his full debut, Klopp has chosen to play Wataru Endo in the deep-lying midfield position.
As Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez make their comebacks, Doak makes his first start on the right side.
Due to these substitutions, Liverpool now has a full bench with Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai, and Cody Gakpo among those who can be used as fill-ins.
Liverpool: Kelleher; Bajcetic, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Endo, Elliott, Gravenberch; Doak, Diaz, Nunez
Substitutes: Alisson, Jaros, Robertson, Matip, Quansah, Gomez, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Salah, Jones, Gakpo, Jota
LASK: Lawal; Luckeneder, Ziereis, Andrade; Flecker, Jovicic, Horvath, Renner; Ljubicic, Havel, Zulj
Substitutes: Siebenhandl, Bello, Talovierov, Kone, Balic, Usor, Ljubic, Stojkovic, Mustapha, Ba, Goiginger, Darboe
