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Diogo Jota set for first Premier League start in a Liverpool shirt against Aston Villa after £41m move to Anfield, with Sadio Mane in isolation with Covid-19

Diogo Jota is in line for his first Premier League start for Liverpool at Aston Villa this evening following Sadio Mane's positive test for coronavirus.

Mane is having to self-isolate for 14 days - the second Liverpool player to do so following new signing Thiago Alcantara - leaving Jurgen Klopp with a big selection headache ahead of the trip to Villa Park with Jota and Takumi Minamino the likeliest replacements.

Jota joined Liverpool in a £41million move from Wolves only a fortnight ago but has already scored on his Premier League debut as a substitute against Arsenal and then played nearly the full game against the same opposition in the EFL Cup.