Jurgen Klopp considers dropping Fabinho after too many yellow cards

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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is considering dropping Fabinho to the bench against Aston Villa, in order to ensure the Brazilian doesn’t get hit with a suspension that’d keep him out of the Manchester City fixture.

The Reds’ boss is used to having a bit of a dilemma when it comes to selecting his midfield, but the anchor is usually a dead cert for a starting position in our important games.

Fabinho has accumulated four yellow cards so far this season, and a fifth would see him face a one-match suspension which would rule him our of our crucial clash against City.

This means that Klopp has had to consider whether or not to risk him against Aston Villa – a situation I’m sure he’s not happy with.

The boss does have options, however – he could stick Jordan Henderson is the holding role and play any two of Gini Wijnaldum, James Milner or Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain off him.

It’s not ideal, but I’d have to imagine a midfield containing three of those four players should be enough to overcome the newly-promoted Aston Villa.

The only other option would be to draft other players into midfield – such as Trent Alexander-Arnold, but that would weaken us in other areas.

Honestly, I expect Klopp to start a midfield of Hendo, Milner and Gini – it’s probably his safest option.

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