Ryan Gravenberch will partner Virgil van Dijk in defence for Liverpool this evening(Image: Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Ryan Gravenberch starts at centre-back for Liverpool as they go in search of automatic qualification to the knockout stages of the Champions League against Qarabag.

The Reds host the Azerbaijan side for the first time ever at Anfield and Netherlands midfielder Gravenberch starts alongside his international colleague Virgil van Dijk at the back.

With no Joe Gomez, who is out with a hip injury, and Ibrahima Konate, who remains on compassionate leave following the passing of his father, Gravenberch is given the nod over Wataru Endo, who played most of the game alongside Van Dijk in Saturday's 3-2 Premier League loss at Bournemouth.

Jeremie Frimpong and Andy Robertson complete the back four with Alisson Becker in goal. Robertson was a second-half substitute at the weekend but with Slot indicating that Milos Kerkez was taken off as a precaution at...