West Ham vs Liverpool team news: two changes made by Jurgen Klopp while Andy Carroll returns for the Hammers

The match kicks off at 12.45pm

Andy Carroll in action for West Ham (Reuters )

Jurgen Klopp makes two changes for Liverpool with captain Jordan Henderson and Adam Lallana making way for Lucas Leiva and Jordon Ibe for today's fixture against West Ham.

The Hammers make three changes, with Aaron Cresswell, Manuel Lanzini and former Red Andy Carroll starting in place of Carl Jenkinson, Alex Song and Mauro Zarate.

Teams

West Ham: Adrian, Tomkins, Collins, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Kouyate, Lanzini, Noble, Antonio, Valencia, Carroll

Subs: Jenkinson, Obiang, Song, Payet, Zarate, Jelavic.

Liverpool: Mignolet, Clyne, Lovren, Sakho, Moreno, Lucas, Can, Firmino, Ibe, Coutinho, Benteke.

Subs: Bogdan, Toure, Lallana, Allen, Brannagan, Smith, Randall.

Liverpool manager Klopp said before kick-off that he wants to see more of the attitude shown by his players during the past two games.

The Reds' 1-0 victories over Leicester and Sunderland were not pretty but stopped the rot after three Premier League games without a win.

Klopp has had standout results in his short tenure in charge such as the 4-1 victory at Manchester City and 3-1 success against Chelsea, but there have also been losses to Crystal Palace, Newcastle and Watford.

The goals against Leicester and Sunderland were scored by Christian Benteke - a feat Klopp welcomed by challenging the striker to play better.

The German said: "He made again the decisive goal in the game, and that's the best thing a striker can do. When I said he can play better, that's for everybody, they all can play better.

"First of all you have to fight for the result and that's the biggest change in the last two games from the other games. Until then, we won our really good games, but when we were average then we lost.

"That's not how it should be if you want consistently to get results. We took these very important points in a difficult game (against Sunderland). That's very important. We defended well, we had our opportunities and Christian was there again.

"You can make your life always easier in games like this when you use one of the first two opportunities. If you don't do this then you have to work, do all the things for this special moment, and that's what the team did.

"It's very important that we win games like this, important that we don't wait for the perfect day, so that we work for the perfect day.

"If you always are prepared for a difficult game, sometimes you will find an easy game. But if you're always waiting for the easy game you never will find it."