Loris Karius to make competitive Reds debut against Rams

Days after upsetting Chelsea 2-1 at Stamford Bridge (with Jordan Henderson scoring one of THE goals of the season), Liverpool will hand summer signing Loris Karius his competitive debut when they take on Derby County in the League Cup tonight.

Karius, a £4.7m summer signing from Mainz, featured in most of Liverpool’s pre-season games, with Simon Mignolet given a break following Euro 2016, but broke his hand against Chelsea and has been out of action since. Tonight marks an opportunity for the young German stopper to present his case to Jurgen Klopp, with the Reds gaffer claiming that there is no No.1 at Anfield- a sign that Mignolet hasn’t made the spot his own yet

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