Liverpool vs Southampton: What System Should Brendan Rodgers Employ Following Coutinho's Injury?

Options 2 - Replace Coutinho with Iago Aspas in a 4-2-3-1

Line up: Mignolet - Toure/Wisdom, Skrtel, Sakho/Agger, Enrique - Gerrard, Lucas - ASPAS, HENDERSON, Moses - Sturridge A second option available to Rodgers - and the more probable one - is to bring Iago Aspas back into the starting XI after the Spaniard was omitted from the team that started the game against Swansea on Monday night. This option does create two changes to Liverpool's table topping formula but Henderson will be far more effective than Aspas in an AMC role and would continue to work really hard for the team but from a more central area rather than a wide right one. Henderson has always been thought of as a central player and his passing ability would be better utilised from a position just behind Daniel Sturridge. Again, this option keeps Liverpool in their usual 4-2-3-1 formation and promotes familiarity with the players. One slight drawback that comes with including Iago Aspas in the starting XI is that he is yet to score and the forward recently admitted this was starting to play on his mind a little - taking Aspas out of the firing line for a game or two might be beneficial for both player and team.