Liverpool team vs Brighton confirmed as Dominik Szoboszlai and Cody Gakpo decisions made

Liverpool boss has ahead of taking on Brighton at the Amex Stadium in the Carabao Cup fourth round.

Vitezslav Jaros starts ahead of Caoimhin Kelleher in the goal, making his second appearance after debuting against Crystal Palace just before the international break. In defense, there are plenty of swaps too. , who captains the side, is still at left-back ahead of Kostas Tsimikas, which could hint at the Greek starting in the weekend's fixture.

Conor Bradley, back from a minor injury following the October internationals in which he captained Northern Ireland, comes back into the team in place of while Jarell Quansah and are handed starts at center-back. They last started in the previous round: Liverpool's 5-1 home win over West Ham United.

In midfield, will play his first minutes of the season after patiently waiting for an opportunity. He is in alongside , who will play the deepest-lying role, and , who stays in the team having started at Arsenal last weekend.

In attack, gets another start. Darwin Nunez is asked to go again as the number nine while starts on the right-hand side in place of .

Speaking about team selection in his pre-match press conference and giving a hint at the changes he would make, Slot said on Tuesday: "The last thing is not always easy because they all want to play — and it would be strange for me if they are all happy [when] they don't play.

"But they are professionals, they know these things can happen and they also see the players who play in their positions do really well. So, that is mostly with Wata [Wataru Endo] but it is also with Joe Gomez and , that they are in competition with Ryan [Gravenberch], Virgil [van Dijk] and Ibou [Konate].

"So they understand and they see how well these players play and that they also stay fit until the last minute of the game. But I think Wata is one of the players that might be in the line-up [tomorrow] because the season is going to be so long and we will need him during the season. Therefore, once in a while he needs this playing time as well.

"Fortunately, he has this playing time with the national team, but it helps if he once in a while gets a game with us again. I really liked him against West Ham and what I admire about him, what I respect about him, is his personality because two times he had to come in five minutes before the end."

Liverpool starting XI in full: Jaros; Bradley, Quansah, Gomez, Robertson; Morton, Endo, Jones; Szoboszlai, Gakpo, Diaz. Subs: Kelleher, Van Dijk, Konate, Nunez, Mac Allister, Tsimikas, Nyoni, Young.