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11.50am GMT
Pre-match postbag, with Stephen Carr. “I’m unsure as to what fresh hell awaits us Reds today. I’ve never seen confidence as low as it is under Klopp. That being said, Rodgers can’t help himself against Liverpool and will probably have spent this week confusing his team with an inverted pyramid set up with a quasi 6/trequartista hybrid with underlapping fullbacks. On ice.”
Speaking of winter conditions, while it’s sunny in Leicester this morning, it’s expected to feel like minus nine by the time of kick off. That’s according to BT Sport’s Des Kelly, who presumably knows what he’s talking about, having already experienced a similar temperature while interviewing Jurgen Klopp at Brighton earlier in the season.
11.40am GMT
Leicester make four changes to the side sent out for the goalless draw at Wolves last weekend. Jamie Vardy, Marc Albrighton, Wilfred Ndidi and Daniel Amartey replace Kelechi Iheanacho, Ayoze Perez, Hamza Choudhury (all benched) and the stricken James Justin.
A radical change to Liverpool’s philosophy as they field a centre-back. There’s a debut for Ozan Kabak, who will play alongside Jordan Henderson, while James Milner comes into the midfield. Fabinho, who has a muscle injury, misses out altogether, while Thiago drops to the bench, supposedly not 100-percent fit. Continue reading...