Liverpool has, as expected, gone strong for its Carabao Cup semi-final second-leg clash with Spurs at Anfield. The Reds are 1-0 down at the halfway mark in the tie thanks to Lucas Bergvall's late goal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium a month ago.
Caoimhin Kelleher is in goal for Liverpool with no Alisson Becker even on the bench (Vitezslav Jaros is in reserve). Trent Alexander-Arnold is injured so Conor Bradley comes into the team at full-back. Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson make up the rest of the back four.
In midfield, Arne Slot has gone with Ryan Gravenberch, Dominik Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones. Alexis Mac Allister and Harvey Elliott are among the options who can be called for from the bench.
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Mohamed Salah, of course, is in the Liverpool attack. He lines up alongside Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo, with Luis Diaz and Diogo Jota available in reserve.
"The equation tonight is pretty simple — we need to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg if we are to achieve our objective of reaching next month's final at Wembley, in the knowledge that Spurs will have the same ambition," Slot writes in his matchday program notes.
"When the prize is so big and two very good teams share the same aim, it usually guarantees a very competitive game of football and this is exactly what we are expecting. This is what we got at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at the start of January so it makes sense that, if anything, the desire of everyone involved will only increase given how small the margins are and what is at stake.
"Of course, I was not at Liverpool the last time that the club reached a Wembley final in this competition last year, but I know how special that day was for the players, staff and supporters. I have no doubt given what happened on that occasion that it is a day which will be spoken about for many years to come, but our job now is to look to create new memories."
Liverpool starting XI: Kelleher; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Jones; Salah, Nunez, Gakpo. Subs: Jaros, Quansah, Tsimikas, Endo, Mac Allister, Elliott, Jota, Diaz, Chiesa.
Tottenham starting XI: Kinsky; Spence, Danso, Gray, Davies; Sarr, Bissouma, Bentancur; Kulusevski, Richarlison, Son. Subs: Austin, Reguilon, Porro, Bergvall, Cassanova, Olusesi, Tel, Moore, Ajayi.
