TEAM NEWS: Joe Allen makes Liverpool debut in season opener against West Brom
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Joe Allen has been handed his Liverpool debut in Saturday's Premier League opening clash
with West Bromwich Albion.
The Welshman signed for the Reds last Friday but missed out on making an appearance in
the weekend friendly win over Bayer Leverkusen due to a paperwork issue.
He is joined in the line-up by Premier League debutant Fabio Borini but manager Brendan
Rodgers has been forced to shuffle his defence with Martin Kelly replacing the injured Jose
Enrique and Glen Johnson moving over to left-back.
West Brom starting XI: Foster; Reid, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell; Mulumbu, Yacob;
Morrison; Gera, Long, Odemwingie.
Subs: Myhill, Jara, Dawson, Brunt, El Ghanassy, Fortune, Lukaku.
Liverpool starting XI: Reina; Kelly, Agger, Skrtel, Johnson; Lucas, Allen, Gerrard;
Downing, Borini, Suarez.
Subs: Jones, Carragher, Adam, Henderson, Shelvey, Cole, Carroll.
More to follow...:
Joe Allen has been handed his Liverpool debut in Saturday's Premier League opening clash
with West Bromwich Albion.
The Welshman signed for the Reds last Friday but missed out on making an appearance in
the weekend friendly win over Bayer Leverkusen due to a paperwork issue.
He is joined in the line-up by Premier League debutant Fabio Borini but manager Brendan
Rodgers has been forced to shuffle his defence with Martin Kelly replacing the injured Jose
Enrique and Glen Johnson moving over to left-back.
West Brom starting XI: Foster; Reid, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell; Mulumbu, Yacob;
Morrison; Gera, Long, Odemwingie.
Subs: Myhill, Jara, Dawson, Brunt, El Ghanassy, Fortune, Lukaku.
Liverpool starting XI: Reina; Kelly, Agger, Skrtel, Johnson; Lucas, Allen, Gerrard;
Downing, Borini, Suarez.
Subs: Jones, Carragher, Adam, Henderson, Shelvey, Cole, Carroll.
More to follow...:
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