On Wednesday night, the Reds are back in League Cup action, and Jurgen Klopp might give his young and periphery players a chance.
In a rematch of the 2021โ22 quarterfinal, Liverpool will open their League Cup campaign at home against Leicester. If they win, they will win the trophy at Wembley.
It is impossible to predict how strong the manager will want his squad to be against the Foxes when choosing a team for this game.
Before the match at Anfield, have a look at the likely starting lineup.
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Pepijn Lijnders, the assistant boss, stated the following prior to the match:
Jurgen Klopp made 11 substitutions for the most recent midweek Europa League match at LASK, and there’s a chance he’ll do the same for the League Cup debut.
The team that plays Enzo Maresca’s club is expected to be very similar to the one that competed in Austria because Klopp is trying to spread out playing time among his group as the schedule gets busier.
What it might resemble is as follows:
starting goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, same as he did against LASK
The only change at the back from Thursday will be Jarrell Quansah.
Ryan Gravenberch will make his debut in the country.
Diogo Jota and Cody Gakpo will revert to the attacking line.
Kelleher, Bajcetic, Quansah, Konate, Tsimikas, Endo, Gravenberch, Elliott, Doak, Jota, Gakpo
If the manager decides to change up the lineup for the midweek game, he has a few other choices at his disposal.
Following Lijnders’ remarks, Bajcetic will be eager to complete his transition back to his regular position in the middle of the field. The Spaniard might get his wish against the Foxes.
In order to keep his match fitness, the manager may want to give Virgil van Dijk more playing time. He has only appeared twice for the Reds this month.
In spite of not having played for the senior squad yet this year, Bobby Clark might get a chance to do so in the cup game.
Here are some potential choices Klopp might make:
Wataru Endo Van Dijk will start in lieu of Joe Gomez in the starting lineup at right back due to the latter’s recent dearth of playing time, while Bajcetic will switch to midfield.
Ryan Gravenberch will be replaced in the middle by Clark. The previous time these two teams faced off in this competition, a late Takumi Minamino goal sent the game to penalties. Liverpool prevailed.
As he distributes crucial minutes to players outside of his strongest 11, the manager will be hoping for a more predictable path to success this time.
On Wednesday night, the journey to Wembley will begin. We hope it will be another magnificent journey as we seek our tenth League Cup victory.