Oxlade-Chamberlain set for first Liverpool start

Oxlade-Chamberlain (right) is yet to make his first Liverpool start since joining from Arsenal.

Liverpool take on Leicester City in the third round of the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night as manager Jurgen Klopp seeks to eradicate the frustrating defensive blunders dogging his team.

Klopp’s Liverpool started the season brightly but have stuttered over the past week, with a 5-0 defeat to Manchester City followed by frustrating draws against Sevilla in the Champions League and Burnley in the Premier League.

The manager is set to make changes for Tuesday’s match at Leicester, handing midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who joined on transfer deadline day from Arsenal, his first start for the club after three substitute appearances.

“It is a fantastic opportunity for Alex because since he has been (here) it has been difficult to train on different things because of game after game after game,” Klopp said at his pre-match press conference on Monday.

“There is no rush but we are in this three-game-a-week rhythm and during the international break he was with the national team.

“But it is a long-term project so I have no problem. We sat together with him and the analysts and showed him how we want him to play in this position and that position.”

Klopp is also set to give goalkeeper Danny Ward his first Liverpool start and bring Marko Grujic into the team.

Leicester themselves are looking to kickstart their season after a disappointing start that sees the 2015-16 Premier League champions languishing in 15th place but striker Jamie Vardy, who has a groin problem, is a major doubt.

Sporting Tribune