Liverpool vs. Watford: Team News, Livestream, TV Info, Ticket News

After booking their place in the UEFA Europa League final with a 3-1 aggregate win over Villarreal on Thursday, Liverpool turn their attention back to the Premier League, as they will host Quique Sanchez Flores’ Watford at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.

The Hornets are in a strong position during their first campaign back in the English top flight, having secured survival with a 3-2 comeback victory at home to Aston Villa last time out, and they can set their sights on a top-half finish, vying with Chelsea, Stoke City, Everton and Swansea City for ninth and 10th place.

Flores’ side overwhelmed the Reds at Vicarage Road in December, with a woeful performance from stand-in goalkeeper Adam Bogdan allowing Nathan Ake and Odion Ighalo to put Liverpool to the sword.

This 3-0 result has remained stuck in Klopp’s throat, as the German referenced it in his pre-match press conference, telling reporters his side were “not allowed to do it twice.”

So can Klopp inspire his side to a win at the second time of asking, or will Watford make it two wins from two against the Reds in their first season back in the Premier League?

 

Date: Sunday, May 8

Time: 4 p.m. BST / 11 a.m. ET

Venue: Anfield, Liverpool

TV Info: N/A

Livestream: NBC Sports Live Extra (U.S. only)

 

Form Lines (Last 5 Games)

Liverpool: W-D-L-L-W

Watford: D-W-L-L-W

 

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Speaking to journalists at Melwood on Friday morning, Klopp referenced the toll that Thursday night’s Europa League exploits with have taken on his squad, suggesting he would make a “few changes” to his side against Watford—though not with the Europa League final in mind:

We will have a few changes for sure and we will try do everything to win this game. We respect this league, we want to have the best position we can get at the end of the season.

I have made no decision until now so let me see, let me talk to everybody and then we will see. We don’t have to rest players on Sunday for the [final] 10 days later.

It’s about how the game was yesterday, it was quite intense how everybody could see, so we need to think about this and not Wednesday week.

Whether Klopp will make wholesale changes, as he did the previous weekend for Liverpool’s trip to take on Swansea City, seems unlikely, having suffered a deflating 3-1 loss at the Liberty Stadium.

Looking to triumph over the Hornets, Klopp can be expected to field some of his big-name players, but Danny Ings, Jordan Henderson and Divock Origi are among those still out of contention.

Ings has returned to full training after an ACL injury, but Klopp is approaching his recovery with caution. Henderson (knee) and Origi (ankle) can harbour faint hopes of returning for the clash with Sevilla later in May.

Academy midfielder Jordan Rossiter has also returned to …

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