Joe Gomez, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Rhian Brewster are all starting for Liverpool U23s today against Leicester City in Premier League 2 today.
Some Liverpool fans were hoping Gomez would be in contention to play against Chelsea, after appearing on the bench midweek v FC Porto, but the smart decision has been made to give him game-time in Premier League 2 and not throw him in at the deep end.
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After all, it’s been almost five months since Gomez last featured. He’s missed more of the season than he’s been available for, in fact.
Brewster scored a brace last time out for our second-team and will be hoping to get on the score-sheet again – while Ox will simply be wanting to get through the game without picking up an issue.
He made a return to the U23s in March, but it was short-lived, with the midfielder leaving before the half-time whistle with a slight hamstring issue.
The full lineup is as follows: George, Gomez, Lewis, Hoever, Johnston, Coyle, Camacho, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Brewster, Woodburn, Jones.