Cody Gakpo drops early Liverpool selection tip-off ahead of draw against Aston Villa

Cody Gakpo will be hoping for another start for Liverpool in their Premier League game against Aston Villa at Anfield this evening.

The 25-year-old is in top form as he scored his sixth goal of the season in a 4-0 win over Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League.

The win took the Reds to the top of the league table and maintained their 100 percent record in the competition.

Liverpool will also be hoping to start the November international break with a win over Villa and extend their lead at the top of the Premier League.

Arne Slot’s side have 25 points, two points clear of defending champions Manchester City and seven points behind Arsenal, who play Chelsea on Sunday.

Liverpool currently have four attackers, with Diogo Jota and Federico Chiesa still injured.

To ease the workload of these strikers, slot Darwin omitted Nunez from his starting XI and deployed Mohamed Salah, Gakpo and Luis Diaz as his front three.

“I only have four attackers available, Chiesa and Jota are injured,” Slot said.

“Darwin, with this schedule list it’s impossible to play them all.” [Jonathan] Tah is one of the best defenders in Germany and likes to play against the goalscorer, so we played Lucho [Diaz] There.

“If we have injuries like we have at the moment, we can play Lucho as a nine again. Last season more Cody as a nine and Lucho as an eleven, so that’s an option too.”

Slot has another important decision to make between Gakpo and Diaz as both deserve to play after their performances during the week

Gakpo has already hinted that he could start the game tonight by promoting the Villa game on his Instagram story.