Liverpool will host Arsenal at Anfield tonight in the first leg of the EFL Cup semi-finals.
Only two games stand between the Reds and the Gunners and a place in the Carabao Cup with the team that progresses facing Chelsea in the final.
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Henderson, Milner, Jota, Minamino, Firmino.
Subs: Kelleher, Konate, Gomez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Tsimikas, Gordon, Williams, Morton.
Mike Arteta makes fives changes to the Arsenal side beaten at Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup third round on Sunday.
Aaron Ramsdale replaces Bernd Leno in goal, Gabriel Magalhaes and Kieran Tierney slot back into the Gunners’ defence, Granit Xhaka has passed a pre-match fitness test and returns in midfield, while Alexandre Lacazette is brought back into the attack.
Martin Odegaard missed the trip to Anfield after testing positive for coronavirus, while Leno, Rob Holding, Nuno Tavarez and Charlie Patino drop to the Arsenal bench.
Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, Cedric, White, Gabriel, Tierney, Lokonga, Xhaka, Saka, Lacazette, Martinelli, Nketiah.
Subs: Leno, Holding, Mari, Chambers, Tavares, Patino, Salah-Eddine, Hutchinson, Biereth.
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