Liverpool squad news: Oxlade-Chamberlain and Solanke get first starts at Leicester

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Dominic Solanke earned their first starts as Liverpool players against Leicester City in the League Cup on Tuesday night.

The summer signings, who came off the bench three times respectively, finally get their chance to make their mark from the start.

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Goalkeeper Danny Ward, Jon Flanagan and Marko Grujic, meanwhile, are included in the XI for the first time this season, with Jurgen Klopp refreshing the line-up with eight changes.

Philippe Coutinho, who needs minutes to return to full fitness, Ragnar Klavan and Andy Robertson are the only players to keep their places from Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Burnley.

Ward previously started for the Reds in a 3-1 defeat at Swansea in May 2016, having spent his last spell on loan at Huddersfield.

Flanagan’s previous starting 11 appearance came in the 1-1 draw away to West Brom in the last league game of 2015-16, while Grujic started in the 2-1 win against Tottenham in this competition in October last year.

Danny Ings, who was a substitute in that clash, is included in the matchday squad in his only outing since then.

There is also a surprise place on the bench for Lazar Markovic, whose last competitive involvement in the 18 came in the 6-1 defeat at Stoke City in May 2015.

Meanwhile, Leicester have made changes, with the likes of Aleksandar Dragovic, Vincente Iborra, Demarai Gray and Leonardo Ulloa coming into the XI.

Leicester starting XI: Hamer, Amartey, Dragović, Morgan, Chilwell, Albrighton, Iborra, Ndidi, Gray, Slimani, Ulloa

Leicester Subs: Jakupovic, Benalouane, Choudhury, Mahrez, Musa, Okazaki, Iheanacho

Liverpool starting XI: Ward, Flanagan, Gomez, Klavan, Robertson, Henderson, Coutinho, Wijnaldum, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Grujic, Solanke

Liverpool Subs: Karius, Moreno, Alexander-Arnold, Milner, Woodburn, Markovic, Ings