We’re up and running in east London!

Teams are out at the London Stadium, bubbles blowing.

Fast start so important for both sides here, with confidence already fragile.

How did Jurgen Klopp deal with defeat to Everton? He went out with his son, rather than watching Man City beat Brighton.

The Liverpool boss said: “My son is here. The last thing I wanted to do was watch City playing. We went out in Formby.

“I was sitting outside actually. I wasn’t sure if people wanted to see me in this area, and Everton supporters as well. They deserve to be happy once a year.

“In that time 20 people came to say ‘Thank you’. I wanted to apologize for the night before, they said ‘no, forget that’.”

There will have been shock from some quarters when the news arrived that Salah, Konate, Nunez and Szoboszlai — four of Liverpool’s most important players — were benched, but it worked for them last Sunday.

All four plus Alexis Mac Allister were kept out of the starting line-up that day, and the impact of some of them off the bench helped the Reds win 3-1 against Fulham at Craven Cottage.

Jurgen Klopp will be hoping for the same result.

Liverpool have already beaten West Ham twice this season.

The Reds won 3-1 at Anfield in the Premier League, and then cruised to a 5-1 victory in the Carabao Cup just before Christmas.

Look away now, West Ham fans…

Big afternoon for both sides, needing to respond to poor displays last time out.

Andy Robertson has demanded a swift response from Liverpool this afternoon, after their “unacceptable” performance in midweek against Everton.

The Reds were beaten 2-0 at Goodison Park, a result that has near-enough ended their Premier League title hopes.

“Hugely disappointing,” Robertson tells TNT Sports.

“We feel sorry for the away fans that had to watch that, it wasn’t a performance that we’re used to.

“The way we played wasn’t acceptable for a derby, it’s up to us to show a reaction. Wednesday is done now unfortunately… it’s about focusing on the next game and putting it right today.”

The West Ham boss is still firmly eyeing European qualification.

Should Arsenal lose to Tottenham tomorrow and Man City suffer a shock result at Nottingham Forest, Liverpool could be right back in the title race.

Jurgen Klopp is not particularly confident though.

“I cannot sit here and say they still feel us around,” Klopp said.

“I think even Arsenal and City see it as a two-horse race. They might have to say something else publicly, but they don’t expect for themselves to lose two games from now on, I don’t think so.”

Fair to say Klopp was evidently not particularly impressed with what he saw from Liverpool against Everton.

Five changes, with Salah, Nunez and Szoboszlai among those to be dropped. Elliott and Gravenberch handed chances to impress.

As for West Ham, big news is that Bowen is fit to start in that first-choice front four.