Liverpool 1-2 West Bromwich Albion
- Liverpool play host to West Bromwich Albion as both sides look to secure a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
- The Reds and Baggies played out a 0-0 draw when they met at Anfield last month.
- Alan Pardew could be without a host of players as illness sweeps through the Hawthorns.
- Jordan Henderson and Alberto Moreno could return for Liverpool but Adam Lallana is out.
Alexander-Arnold stings the palms of Foster with a shot from outside the box.
Hegazi is now on for Gibbs, but West Brom look set to be forced into another change; Robson Kanu's race is run, Phillips will take his place.
Play is stopped as Gibbs receives treatment for what looks like a pulled hamstring. He cannot continue, so Hegazi, a centre-back, will come on in his place. A defensive reshuffle required for the Baggies.
A long ball over the top is latched onto by Salah but his touch takes him away from goal. Firmino picks up on the Egyptian's drilled effort, but his shot is blocked by Evans for a corner.
Firmino misses, he hits the bar! After all that, he didn't even have the decency to score. It remains 2-1 to West Brom.
Wow. We're going to VAR again here. Salah tangled with Livermore in the penalty area, and referee Craig Pawson is conferring with an official based in Heathrow.
Pawson is now going to review the footage for himself. This is all a bit new isn't it. We're watching a man watch the match we're watching.
Liverpool look to take advantage of VAR's ruling through Salah and Mane, but the former's effort goes well over the bar.
The goal doesn't stand! VAR has ruled Dawson's header out as Barry was deemed to be interfering with play from an offside position.
GOAL! Liverpool 1-3 West Brom (Dawson)
A corner from Brunt is nodded in by Dawson from all of two yards... but the goal may not stand as it's going to VAR.
Liverpool look to respond with a corner, but Foster comes and claims with little fuss. Gibbs then surges forward and shoots well over the bar.
The game seems to be settling down after a mad opening quarter of an hour, but Rodriguez is certainly the man of the moment.
Here he is again, it's astonishing!
Krychowiak evades Can and finds Gibbs out wide. The left-back's low first-time cross picks out Rodriguez superbly, and the forward makes no mistake as he fires past Mignolet for the second time in four minutes.
Can he score a hat-trick in front of the Kop? It seems only a matter of time!
Two goals in 68 seconds here at Anfield!
A mix-up between Evans and Foster is pounced on by Salah, whose saved shot travels into the path of Firmino, who chipped the ball deftly into the net.
The celebrations lasted mere seconds though, as Rodriguez takes control of a pass from Brunt and leathers the ball into the top corner. Mignolet had no chance.
Quite the start!
After absorbing early pressure West Brom come forward through Brunt, whose cross is too high for Robson-Kanu and Rodriguez.
We are underway at Anfield. Firmino already on the ball in the area but West Brom manage to retrieve and maintain possession.
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Less than half an hour remaining until kick-off now. A reminder of today's teams:
Liverpool: Mignolet; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Moreno; Can, Wijnaldum, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Mane, Salah, Firmino.
West Brom: Foster, Nyom, Evans, Dawson, Brunt, Gibbs, Livermore, Barry, Krychowiak, Rodriguez, Robson-Kanu.
Will The Kop rock or be rocked tonight? West Brom did well to mute the famous stand last month.
Daniel Sturridge has once again been excluded from a match-day squad by Jurgen Klopp.
The 28-year-old is looking to leave Anfield before the close of the transfer window, but interested parties Inter Milan and Sevilla have not struck an agreement with the Reds just yet.
Has Sturridge played his last match for Liverpool, and would the Reds be right to sell him?
