Team news: Dominic Solanke starts for Liverpool as Chelsea drop Alvaro Morata

ByPete Sharland

Updated 13/05/2018 at 14:34 GMT+1

Dominic Solanke comes in to start for Liverpool in their final game of the season knowing a draw will be enough to secure top four. Chelsea are just behind them and drop Alvaro Morata to the bench.

Dominic Solanke celebrates

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Liverpool are two points ahead of the Blues but with a goal difference advantage of 15 a draw against a Brighton team who are already safe will be enough barring a freak result for Chelsea at Newcastle.

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Jurgen Klopp's team is more or less full strength but he brings in Solanke for a rare start at the expense of a third midfielder.

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Mohamed Salah starts as he chases the golden boot: he currently leads Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane by three goals, 31 to 28.

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Liverpool - Karius; Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Wijnaldum; Salah, Firmino, Mané; Solanke.

Brighton - Ryan, Schelotto, Duffy, Dunk, Bong, Stephens, Kayal, Propper, Knockaert, Locadia, March

For Chelsea, Olivier Giroud is brought back in to replace Morata after the disappointing 1-1 draw against Huddersfield whilst Thibaut Courtois returns in goal.

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Ross Barkley is given just his second league start following his January move from Everton and Emerson replaces Marcos Alonso with a FA Cup final to come next weekend.

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Newcastle - Dubravka; Yedlin, Lascelles, Lejeune, Dummett; Ritchie, Shelvey, Diame, Murphy; Perez, Gayle.

Chelsea - Courtois, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Cahill, Moses, Bakayoko, Kante, Barkley, Emerson, Hazard, Giroud

At the John Smith stadium, Arsene Wenger sticks with a 4-3-3 formation for his final match in charge of Arsenal.

Neither Mesut Ozil nor Petr Cech are in the squad but Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang all start in attack.

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Rob Holding partners Shkodran Mustafi in defence with Granit Xhaka, Alex Iwobi and Aaron Ramsey in midfield with Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Joe Willock and Eddie Nketiah all on the bench.

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Huddersfield - Lössl; Hadergjonaj, Jorgensen, Schindler, Kongolo, Löwe; Pritchard, Mooy, Hogg, Ince; Mounié.

Arsenal - Ospina; Bellerin, Mustafi, Holding, Kolasinac; Xhaka, Ramsey, Iwobi; Mkhitaryan, Aubameyang, Lacazette.

In the relegation battle, Southampton leave Manolo Gabbiadini on the bench despite his winner at Swansea in the week with Charlie Austin starting up top.

Saints are three points ahead of Swansea with a goal difference advantage of nine so a big swing is needed for them to go down.

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They face champions Manchester City, who are bidding to get to 100 points and secure the Premier League record for away victories.

John Stones and Aymeric Laporte start together at centre-back with Bernardo Silva, Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling in attack.

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Southampton - McCarthy; Hoedt, Yoshida, Stephens; Cedric, Romeu, Højbjerg, Bertrand; Tadic, Redmond, Austin.

Manchester City - Bravo; Danilo, Stones, Laporte, Delph; Fernandinho, Gundogan, De Bruyne; Bernardo, Sané, Sterling.

And finally at the Liberty, Swansea, needing a miracle to avoid the drop, are led by Angel Rangel who captains the side in his final appearance for the side.