Over a year after abandoning his aspirations of making it into Liverpool's first team, Sepp van den Berg has an opportunity to demonstrate to his former club that they were wrong to cash in. Van den Berg arrived as a highly-touted teenager during Jurgen Klopp's tenure, but grew tired of waiting for his chance and departed for Brentford just weeks after Arne Slot succeeded the German. A fourth successive domestic reverse could see Liverpool finish the weekend trailing Arsenal by seven points and it's Van den Berg's Brentford standing in their way this Saturday.

Liverpool have suffered three consecutive league losses, losing ground in the title chase, though a midweek win away to Eintracht Frankfurt was a welcome relief. Alexander Isak was forced off early in Liverpool's victory in Germany, so Hugo Ekitike and Mohamed Salah may well start in place of the record signing at the Gtech Community Stadium. In their way stands Van den Berg, with the 23-year-old centre-back a constant presence for Keith Andrews' Bees this season as they...