Liverpool powered back to beat League One's Shrewsbury Town 4-1 on Sunday in the third round of the FA Cup after Trent Alexander-Arnold was ruled out with a suspected positive COVID-19 test.
Jurgen Klopp picked some unfamiliar names in his starting XI after an ongoing COVID-19 outbreak forced the club's training ground to shut down Wednesday. Thursday's League Cup semifinal first-leg meeting against Arsenal was postponed due to the problems in Liverpool's camp.
Klopp was back on the touchline at Anfield after his own spell in isolation.
Daniel Udoh surprisingly put the visitors ahead following great work from Nathanael Ogbeta down the left flank. However, Liverpool took the lead just before the interval when Fabinho's penalty followed impressive teenager Kaide Gordon's composed finish.
Shrewsbury named the same starting lineup for a fourth-straight match and went toe-to-toe with Liverpool's youthful XI in the first half, but the dearth in quality showed as the Reds called Takumi Minamino and Roberto Firmino off the bench.
Firmino put the game out of Shrewsbury's reach with an audacious close-range backheel in the 78th minute before Fabinho lashed in his second goal of the match in stoppage time.
