\n Substitutes: Alisson, Endo, Jacquet, Wirtz, Isak, Mac Allister, Chiesa, Barcola, Chambers.
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Chelsea: Penders, Gusto, Lacroix, Fofana, Acheampong, Henderson, Caicedo, Lavia, Pedro Neto, Welbeck, Rogers.\n
\n Subs: Sharman-Lowe, Colwill, Subuloye, Palestra, Barco, Nicoll-Jazuli, Estevao, Quenda, Emegha.
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Arbitrator: Darren England.\n
VAR: No VAR!
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Welcome to a replay of this…
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…and this…
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…whose tale can only be successfully told and analyzed through the prism of tonight’s team selections. And let’s face it, you’ll do well to predict them accurately. News when we have it, and we’ll take it from there. Kick-off is at 8 p.m. GMT. Here we go!
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Key events
Pre-game mailbag. “I love the balance of experience and youth in Liverpool’s starting XI. Jürgen had Klopp’s children. Arne could have deployed Slot’s Snappers more often. Today we have Iraola’s Imps!” -Pierre Oh
“Looking at Liverpool’s line-up, I can only think that Iraola decided not to risk the prospect of a draw against mighty Fleetwood Town in the next round” – Vanessa Edwards
“For the sake of the integrity of the Carabao Cup, I think we’re all Brighton fans tonight. If City stay in the competition and then lose their appeal (almost inevitable), then how on earth will this be resolved?” –Rick Harris
“Anfield is nine miles from where I’m currently sprawled and I can feel the anticipation from here. Something might be brewing. Hope? Hendo is coming back too. But I’m glad he’s already scored his only cracker for the season” – Ian Copestake (and readers who like to make speculative investments may be interested to note that, now that Ian has said that, you can get 28s on Henderson scoring the first goal tonight)
Andoni Iraola speaks to Sky Sports. “We need fresh legs… a lot of players are waiting for this competition to get their debut, their minutes… they are pushing hard… so I have confidence that they can play well… the bench is always important… we have good options… depending on how the match goes we will decide one way or another… we have to keep winning games… we have to keep going… it doesn’t stop… the level of our opposition is very high… everyone has to play their role… I hope today they do will… Chelsea have a very strong starting XI… we have to respect them… we have to be at our best if we want to beat them… we always train (penalties)… I don’t know if it’s better or worse, I think Fleetwood haven’t trained and they have been amazing… but we always do!
As a reminder, the draw for the quarter-finals will take place this evening. The raffle should start rolling around 10:20pm UK time, so we can probably add 10-20 minutes to that, The Man is known for dragging his feet on these things. There are already two cannonballs in the queue: Bradford City and Fleetwood Town, the latter having done a good number on the reigning English champions last night.
Chelsea make four changes after their 0-2 home loss to Tottenham Hotspur. Danny Welbeck, Roméo Lavia, Malo Gusto and Wesley Fofana replace Levi Colwill and Geovany Quenda, who are on the bench, Jorrel Hato, injured, and Cole Palmer, suspended.
Liverpool make seven changes to their starting XI following this weekend’s 2-0 win over Brighton. Giorgi Mamardashvili, Joe Gomez, Kostas Tsimikas, Trey Nyoni, James McConnell, Lewis Koumas and Rio Ngumoha are in the game; Alisson, Jérémy Jacquet, Florian Wirtz, Alexis Mac Allister, Bradley Barcola and Alexander Isak fall on the bench, while Milos Kerkez is completely absent.
The teams
Liverpool: Mamardashvili, Gomez, van Dijk, Araujo, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Nyoni, Ngumoha, McConnell, Gakpo, Koumas.
Substitutes: Alisson, Endo, Jacquet, Wirtz, Isak, Mac Allister, Chiesa, Barcola, Chambers.
Chelsea: Penders, Gusto, Lacroix, Fofana, Acheampong, Henderson, Caicedo, Lavia, Pedro Neto, Welbeck, Rogers.
Subs: Sharman-Lowe, Colwill, Subuloye, Palestra, Barco, Nicoll-Jazuli, Estevao, Quenda, Emegha.
Arbitrator: Darren England.
VAR: No VAR!
Preamble
Welcome to a replay of this…
…and this…
…whose tale can only be successfully told and analyzed through the prism of tonight’s team selections. And let’s face it, you’ll do well to predict them accurately. News when we have it, and we’ll take it from there. Kick-off is at 8 p.m. GMT. Here we go!
Gn sports
