{"id":636188,"date":"2024-02-21T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=636188"},"modified":"2024-02-21T04:14:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T09:14:03","slug":"liverpool-predicted-lineup-vs-luton-town-february-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/02\/21\/liverpool-predicted-lineup-vs-luton-town-february-21\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Undroppable\u2019 Forward Out for \u2018Months\u2019 : Liverpool Predicted Lineup vs Luton Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Liverpool host newly promoted Luton Town on February 21 at Anfield Stadium. This Premier League fixture allows the Reds an opportunity to extend their one-point lead over Manchester City at the top of the table. This is our Liverpool predicted lineup. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Liverpool Predicted Lineup vs Luton Town in David vs Goliath Matchup<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd34 IT&#39;S MATCHDAY \ud83d\udd34 <\/p>\n<p>We&#39;re back at Anfield to take on Luton Town in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/premierleague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@premierleague<\/a> \ud83d\udc4a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LIVLUT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LIVLUT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WalkOn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WalkOn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nq4tznLpe5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/nq4tznLpe5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Liverpool FC (@LFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LFC\/status\/1760212761777438892?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">How Liverpool Have Lined-up Recently<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Caoimhin Kelleher has started in goal in Alisson Becker\u2019s absence. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Andy Robertson starts at left-back, whilst Conor Bradley has come back into the side with Trent Alexander-Arnold injured. Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate pair as centre-backs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s3\">Read More: <\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/02\/18\/alisson-becker-injury-liverpool\/\" target=\"_self\">Alisson Becker Injury Poses Detrimental Threat To Liverpool\u2019s Trophy Aspirations<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Alexis Mac Allister has moved into a slightly more advanced role with Wataru Endo returning from the Asia Cup as a defensive midfielder. Curtis Jones has been in great form recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With Mohamed Salah recovering from injury, the front three has been: Luis Diaz &#8211; Darwin Nunez &#8211; Diogo Jota. Cody Gakpo has struggled for minutes, with the others in great form.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Watch:<\/strong> The Domino Effect Ruining Football<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE DOMINO EFFECT RUINING FOOTBALL\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fNQxiqia1Vo?start=18&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Liverpool Recent Form and Tactics<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Liverpool continued their good run of form with an impressive 4-1 victory over Brentford. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It was Salah who stole the headlines, returning from injury with a goal and an assist despite only entering the field of play in the 44th following a Jota injury. Klopp will benefit greatly from having his main man back, just over a week away from the EFL Cup final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s3\">Read More: <\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/02\/18\/liverpool-injuries-academy\/\" target=\"_self\">Injury Hit Liverpool Relying On Their Academy Once Again<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Long balls and flicked headers were the theme of the match. The first goal was courtesy of a van Dijk lofted ball that was flicked on by Jota to set up a beautiful Nunez chip. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Similarly, the third goal saw Kelleher hoof the ball upfield for Gakpo to nod onto Salah for his goal. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It was not a completely dominant performance though, with Ivan Toney getting in numerous good positions and eventually slotting past the Irish goalkeeper.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Liverpool Injuries to Consider<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolfc.com\/news\/liverpool-v-luton-town-team-news\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Allison<\/a> remains out with a &#8220;muscle injury&#8221; and won&#8217;t be back for &#8220;foreseeable time&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Jota and Jones were both substituted within the first half with injuries against Brentford and won&#8217;t be available against Luton: &#8220;We have Diogo with a knee issue, is ruled out. Curtis, with a bone ligament issue, ruled out&#8221;. For Jota, Klopp admitted it may take &#8220;months&#8221;. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/sport\/soccer\/arid-40075682.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;undroppable&#8221; <\/a>forward has been in excellent form and will be a big loss.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s3\">Read More: <\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/02\/17\/liverpool-beat-brentford-key-takeaways\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool Beat Brentford 4-1: Key Takeaways For The Reds As Salah Returns<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolfc.com\/news\/jurgen-klopps-update-darwin-nunez-curtis-jones-and-diogo-jota-fitness\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nunez<\/a> was substituted at half-time, and &#8220;felt a little&#8221; so will be assessed before the game. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolfc.com\/news\/liverpools-injury-list-suspensions-and-availability\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexander-Arnold and Szoboszlai<\/a> were both unavailable against Brentford and continue their recovery: they are &#8220;on their way back but not in team training yet&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The long-term injury list includes Thiago Alcantara, Stefan Bajcetic, and Joel Matip.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Liverpool Predicted Lineup<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">GK: Caoimhin Kelleher<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">LB: Andy Robertson<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">CB: Virgil van Dijk<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">CB: Ibrahima Konate<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">RB: Joe Gomez<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">CM: Harvey Elliott<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">DM: Wataru Endo<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">CM: Alexis Mac Allister<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">LW: Luis Diaz<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">ST: Cody Gakpo<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">RW: Mohamed Salah<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool host newly promoted Luton Town on February 21 at Anfield Stadium. This Premier League fixture allows the Reds an opportunity to extend their one-point lead over Manchester City at the top of the table. This is our Liverpool predicted lineup. Liverpool Predicted Lineup vs Luton Town in David vs Goliath Matchup \ud83d\udd34 IT&#39;S MATCHDAY [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4784,"featured_media":636273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,3,1831],"tags":[1556,9626],"class_list":["post-636188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool","category-premier-league","category-starting-line-up","tag-diogo-jota","tag-liverpool-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Delight Wellington","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}