Liverpool v Hoffenheim teams confirmed: Salah returns, Klopp drops five stars to bench

MOHAMED SALAH has returned to Liverpool's starting line up for today's visit of Hoffenheim.

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Mohamed Salah returns to face Hoffenheim

Salah, Liverpool’s club record signing, started the first two games against Hoffenheim and Watford but was dropped to the bench for Saturday’s visit of Crystal Palace.

But the winger has returned for tonight’s Champions League play-off second-leg with Hoffenheim at Anfield in place of Daniel Sturridge in attack.

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Alberto Moreno and Emre Can also return to Jurgen Klopp’s first teamas Ragnar Klavan, Joe Gomez, James Milner and Andrew Robertson settle for places on the bench.

Liverpool: Mignolet, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Lovren, Moreno, Henderson, Can, Wijnaldum, Mane, Salah, Firmino

Subs: Karius, Klavan, Gomez, Milner, Solanke, Robertson, Sturridge

Hoffenheim: Baumann; Kaderabek, Nordveit, Hubner, Geiger; Vogt; Gnabry, Demirbay, Zuber; Kramaric, Wagner

SubsKobel, Bicakcic, Rupp, Polanski, Toijan, Uth, Szalai

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