Why Thiago Alcantara and Darwin Nunez are not playing for Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest

Liverpool team news for their clash against Nottingham Forest
Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara. Picture: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty ImagesLiverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara. Picture: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images
Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara. Picture: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images

Thiago Alcantara and Darwin Nunez are absent for Liverpool against Nottingham Forest today.

The pair both started Wednesday’s 1-0 defeat of West Ham.

Nunez notched the only goal of the game in the first half before being subbed in the 57th minute.

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He felt a hamstring issue and has not been risked against Forest.

Meanwhile, Thiago has an ear infection so cannot feature.

Jurgen Klopp has made five changes in total from the West Ham win.

Fabinho, Curtis Jones, James Milner, Andy Robertson and Harvey Elliott start in place of Thiago, Nunez, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Kostas Tsimkas and Jordan Henderson.

Liverpool: Alisson, Milner, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Jones, Elliott, Salah, Firmino, Carvalho.

Subs: Adrian, Kelleher, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tsimikas, Clark, Bajcetic, Phillips, Alexander-Arnold