Liverpool will hope to put a difficult April behind it today. Tottenham makes the trip to Anfield in what will be Jürgen Klopp’s penultimate home game in charge.

With just three games remaining, there is little more than pride for the Reds to play for now. Arsenal and Manchester City have pulled ahead in the title race, while next season’s Champions League spot is already wrapped up.

Third place could even be certain before kick-off if Aston Villa drops points at Brighton (0-0 at the time of writing). Regardless though, Liverpool will want to return to better form before the end of the season, having won just one of its last five league games.

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If the Reds are to get back to winning ways, it was thought they might have to do it without Virgil van Dijk. The Liverpool captain missed training during the week, and was only expected to be involved in ‘parts’ of Friday’s session — with the team news confirmed, however, the Dutchman makes the cut.

Diogo Jota remains unavailable, although Conor Bradley has made a return to the bench after recovering from his recent knock. Meanwhile, there were plenty waiting to see whether Mohamed Salah would get the nod after his outburst at West Ham — Klopp insisted in the week that there were no issues, and the talisman returns to the side here.

With his team not in the best form at the moment, Klopp faced some big decisions picking his side this afternoon. Here's the confirmed XI, along with the teams that some of our Liverpool.com writers would have selected.

Confirmed Liverpool XI vs Tottenham: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Van Dijk, Roberston; Endō, Elliott, Mac Allister; Salah, Gakpo, Díaz.

Matt Addison - Mohamed Salah comes back in

There is little riding on this game for Liverpool but I'm still expecting a strong line-up. The back five should pick itself with enough time between games for Ibrahima Konaté to start. The only question is over Virgil van Dijk; if he is missing, I'd go with Joe Gomez in his place as the left-sided center-back.

In midfield, Alexis Mac Allister is a certainty. I'm going with Harvey Elliott and Curtis Jones. Normally, I'm a big advocate for Dominik Szoboszlai, but it makes more sense to give Elliott a go here given the pair's recent form. The Hungarian can make do with a place on the bench here, with Elliott deserving of a start.

In the attack, Mohamed Salah's antics last weekend were unacceptable but I'd be surprised if he didn't start here. Luis Díaz is an absolute certainty and then it's a choice between Cody Gakpo and Darwin Núñez given that Diogo Jota is still out. Like with Elliott and Szoboszlai, I'd normally go for Núñez but Gakpo is in the better form at the moment. The Uruguayan can come off the bench.

My starting XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konaté, Van Dijk (Gomez), Robertson; Elliott, Mac Allister, Jones; Salah, Gakpo, Díaz

Predicted scoreline: 2-1 to Liverpool.

One thing to watch: Mohamed Salah to score.

James Findlater - Darwin Núñez returns

All eyes will be on Mohamed Salah. Will he start after last week’s bust-up with Jürgen Klopp?

It certainly wasn’t a great look for the Egyptian to be arguing with his manager on the sideline. For me though, I’d be bringing him back into the side. The rest of the forwards don’t really look like scoring at the moment, so it’s a bit of a no-brainer to bring your top scorer back into the side.

I’d also be bringing Darwin Núñez back in. Again, he hasn’t been in the best of form recently, but if you’re selecting the strongest Liverpool side, then he makes it.

Then again, Virgil van Dijk looks as though he’ll be missing, so this won’t be Klopp’s strongest team. I’d be going with Ibrahima Konaté and Jarell Quansah at the heart of the defense in the captain’s absence.

In midfield, Alexis Mac Allister is a certainty, but who do you put with him? The rest of the engine room hasn’t been in great form, which makes things much more difficult.

Since he had to make do with a place on the bench at West Ham, I’d recall Dominik Szoboszlai and give him a chance to rediscover some form before the end of the season. Ryan Gravenberch hasn’t done too badly when called upon recently, so he can retain his place.

My starting XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konaté, Quansah, Robertson; Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Gravenberch; Salah, Núñez, Díaz

Predicted scoreline: 2-1 to Liverpool.

One thing to watch: Mohamed Salah to get back to scoring ways.