Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that Simon Mignolet will start against Chelsea in the Carabao Cup. Alisson Becker, who was reportedly a target for the Blues prior to his switch from Roma to Merseyside, will miss out on the game.
Klopp refused to comment on who else would make his team to face Chelsea at Anfield on Wednesday night but talked up Mignolet's response to being dropped for the big money arrival of Alisson
"The only position I will confirm is Simon Mignolet will start", said the German in his pre-match press conference, as reported by the
Liverpool Echo .
"All the rest will decide tomorrow. It will be a strong team.
"[Mignolet] has been brilliant. Yes, it was how you can imagine it. Simon would have been ready to go to another club to be number one wherever in the world, but we couldn't do it.
"Since then he has been brilliant. He deserves the game tomorrow."
Liverpool are currently top of the Premier League after overtaking Maurizio Sarri's side at the weekend.