Liverpool: This is the rotated back four we want against Bournemouth
By David Gate
Center Back: Virgil van Dijk
There is one defender you would love to rest and wrap up in cotton wool but he is also the one defender we cannot do without if we want to win.
Virgil van Dijk recovered from his terrible start to Tuesday’s game with a magnificent 88 minutes after his early error. That one mistake aside the Reds defense kept Man City to just three shots on goal across the two legs.
The Dutchman has less starts this season than Dejan Lovren. He should be fit and able to play another game this weekend. We have a week until the next fixture which should allow for decent recovery time.
If we are considering resting our key defender it should be the Stoke City game which is sandwiched between the Champions League Semi-Finals. The Potters have virtually no attacking threat. Even with them fighting to stay in the Premier League I would back Klavan and Lovren in that game.