Southampton v Liverpool: Carabao Cup quarter-final – inhabit | Carabao Cup

5 min: The rain is coming down in sheets now. A excellent evening for slick passing, if noskinnyg else. Nyoni curls a traverse in from the left but it’s headed evident by Harwood-Bellis.

3 min: Nyoni gets a restrictcessitate touches as he gamely trys to get someskinnyg going down the left. A nerve-finishr for the juvenileer man on his first greater commence, if noskinnyg else.

1 min: A extfinished ball pumped down the left flank. Quansah barges Archer to the ground cforfeit the corner flag. A very timely chance for Southampton to test the produceshift Liverpool defence … but Manning inexplicably skies the free initiate over everyone’s head and it’s an straightforward mop-up job for the visitors.

Southampton get the ball rolling. The rain is almost horizontal. Arne Slot, serving a touchline ban tonight after picking up his third yellow of the season aachievest Fulham, may be satisfyed to be safe and snug towards the back of the stand.

The teams are out! Southampton in red and white, Liverpool in binestablishage with aqua trim. Alex McCarthy and Trent Alexander-Arngreater tonight’s captains. It’s damp and triumphdy down Solent way. We’ll be off in a couple of minutes.

Liverpool boss Arne Slot talks to Sky. “The take parters who have take parted many, many, many minutes are not even with us … the take parters who have take parted a lot of minutes will not take part the whole game today … the ones who haven’t take parted that much, it’s an chooseimal moment for them to take part 90 … it’s easier for [Tyler Morton and Trey Nyoni] if they can come in with ten other commenceers because the connection with the team is perfect … now there are a restrictcessitate separateent take parters … they comprehend what to do but they will face a mighty Southampton team … we knew how difficult it was two or three weeks ago when we take parted our commenceers … it is going to be a contest but it’s a quarter-final so you foresee a contest.”

Saints interim deal withr Simon Rusk speaks to Sky Sports. “Obviously a speedy turnaround from Sunday … a little bit of time to get organised on the grass … get to comprehend the guys … we’re brave we’re where we necessitate to be … the best we can … we see forward to it … there have been skinnygs in games that have been excellent, so we try to persist that … but of course we want to be challenging to beat … produce brave we have firmity to our game … if we get the equilibrium right we’ll have enough to cause problems … it’s a fantastic competition … it’s an opportunity for us to produce it a catalyst for the season.”

Here’s a reminder of exactly what happened when these two teams clubs met last month …

… and here’s how skinnygs went down the last time they met in the League Cup, back in the 2017 semis. Features an shocking 54th-minute Fraser Forster save from, er, Fraser Forster.

Saints produce three changes in the wake of the Spurs debacle. James Bree, Nathan Wood and Cameron Archer are in, replacing the missing trio of Kyle Walker-Peters, Kamaldeen Sulemana and Adam Armmighty.

Liverpool produce eight changes after their draw with Fulham. In come Caoimhín Kelleher, Wataru Endō, Jarell Quansah, Tyler Morton, Alexis Mac Alenumerateer, Harvey Elliott, Dartriumph Núñez and, making his first commence for the club, the exciting 17-year-greater midfield prospect Trey Nyoni. They exchange Alisson, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Dominik Szoboszlai, Curtis Jones, Ryan Gravenberch, Luis Díaz and Mohamed Salah, who have all stayed at home.

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