Have your say - predict today's line up against Norwich City

Liverpool take on Norwich City at Carrow Road, Feb 15 2020, 17:30pm

Sadio Mane is set to return while James Milner will be in contention to feature when we take on Norwich City on Saturday. The reds will have the chance to stretch their lead at the top off the Premier League table when they lock horns with Norwich City at Carrow Road on Saturday evening. And, Jurgen Klopp has been handed a major boost ahead of his side’s latest fixture.

Sadio Mane has completed his recovery from a hamstring injury that had sidelined him for the last few weeks. The Senegalese speedster is expected to slot straight back into the starting lineup. Like Mane, James Milner has also put his own hamstring complaint behind him.

The return of the duo means that Nathaniel Clyne (knee) and Xherdan Shaqiri (calf) remain the only Liverpool first-team players on the sidelines.

Klopp mentioned at his press conference “Of course they [Mane and Milner] are in contention, it’s clear. When Millie and Sadio are back, you start thinking immediately. That’s how it is. It looks like – and I hope it stays like this – apart from Shaqiri, Clyne and [Paul] Glatzel, all players are in training.”

“We have some good options and hopefully it stays like this, that would be really great for the decisive part of the season now. It’s good news. They both [Mane and Milner] trained from Monday – and they both trained through the last week anyway – so they are in contention.”

Apart from Clyne, defence is at full strength and the first-choice quartet of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk and Andrew Robertson pick themselves, with Joel Matip and Dejan Lovren being backup options. Alisson Becker is an automatic pick in the Liverpool goal.

In midfield, as mentioned earlier, James Milner is in contention to start. However, Klopp is likely to go with the strongest three-man unit, despite the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 tie against Atletico Madrid on the horizon.

My Predicted XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Keita, Salah, Firmino, Mane.

Result Prediction: 3:0 Liverpool win.