Liverpool visit Napoli in their first Champions League clash tonight, with Thiago among the substitutes as they look to get off to a winning start in Europe.
It’s a familiar story for the Reds this season, with the trip to Naples plagued by injury problems throughout Jurgen Klopp’s squad.
Jordan Henderson, Fabio Carvalho and Curtis Jones are the most recent absences, but at least the manager has been buoyed by the return of his No. 6.
Alisson starts at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, moving into the top three of the club’s all-time appearances list for goalkeepers in Europe, with his 39th such appearance.
In front of the Brazilian is a back four of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson.
Fabinho shields himself in his usual defensive midfield role, supported by the pairing of James Milner and Harvey Elliott.
The forward is made up of Mohamed Salah, Luis Díaz and Roberto Firmino.
And despite injuries plaguing the group, Klopp still has several solid options as part of a ten-man bench, with Darwin Nunez, Thiago and Diogo Jota among his replacements.
Naples: Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Kim, Olivera; Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski; Politano, Osimhen, Kvaratskelia
Substitutes: Sirigu, Jesus, Mario Rui, Ostigard, Zanoli, Elmas, Gaetano, Ndombele, Zerbin, Lozano, Raspadori, Simeone
Liverpool: Alison; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Milner, Elliott; Salah, Diaz, Firmino
Substitutes: Adrián, Davies, Matip, Phillips, Tsimikas, Bajcetic, Thiago, Arthur, Jota, Núñez
