Pre-Season Friendlies
Jul 22, 2018 9.05pm
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Team News: Loris Karius starts as Liverpool face Borussia Dortmund in International Champions Cup

Karius starts as Liverpool face Dortmund

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has named Loris Karius in goal ahead of Sunday's International Champions Cup encounter with Borussia Dortmund in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Meanwhile, academy goalkeepers Caoimhin Kelleher and Kamil Grabara are on the bench for the game against Klopp's former employers at the Bank of America Stadium.

Summer signing Fabinho starts in midfield alongside Adam Lallana and Rafael Camacho, but fellow new arrival Naby Keita has to make do with a place on the bench from the start this evening.

The Reds are expected to make 10 changes at half time, with all outfield players set to get a run out in the pre-season fixture.

Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Marko Grujic are not involved against the Bundesliga club, having only returned to pre-season training on Friday.

Georginio Wijnaldum has suffered with a virus for the last two days and is also out of action alongside Pedro Chirivella, who has a sore back.

As for Dortmund, they are missing the likes of Marco Reus, Mario Gotze and Christian Pulisic from their starting lineup.

Three new faces are involved for Lucien Favre's side against the Reds - goalkeeper Marwin Hitz, defender Abdou Diallo, and winger Marius Wolf.

Liverpool: Karius; Clyne, Van Dijk, Matip, Robertson; Fabinho, Lallana, Markovic; Camacho, Jones, Origi Subs: Kelleher, Grabara, Milner, Keita, Gomez, Sturridge, Klavan, Moreno, Solanke, Phillips, Ojo, Woodburn

Borussia Dortmund: Hitz; Zagadou, Diallo, Sancho, Toljan; Sahin; Wolf, Dahoud, Boadu, Dieckman; Philipp Subs: Sechelmann, Hakimi, Bockhorn, Gotze, Reus, Isak, Martin, Rode, Pulisic, Piszczek, Schmelzer, Burnic, Larsen, Toprak, Oelschlagel

Follow all the action from the Bank of America Stadium with Sports Mole's live match commentary.

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