Liverpool v Sunderland Team News: Wahbi Khazri makes first start

January signing Khazri came into the side at the expense of the injured Jeremain Lens, in one of two changes from Tuesday's defeat to Manchester City.

The other saw Duncan Watmore included instead of Fabio Borini, who was a late withdrawal through illness.

Liverpool: Mignolet, Clyne, Lovren, Sakho, Moreno, Henderson, Can, Allen, Lallana, Milner, Firmino. Subs: Ward, Toure, Benteke, Sturridge, Lucas, Ibe, Flanagan.

Sunderland: Mannone, Jones, van Aanholt, O'Shea, Kone, Kirchhoff, Cattermole, M'Vila, Khazri, Watmore, Defoe. Subs: Pickford, Brown, Rodwell, N’Doye, Johnson, Toivonen, Yedlin