Arne Slot keeps Crystal Palace in the dark over Liverpool team selection

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Arne Slot will keep Crystal Palace head coach Oliver Glasner guessing when it comes to his Liverpool lineup for the Carabao Cup, with a coy stance over possible rotation. But otherwise there have been no indications yet as to how Slot will approach the fourth-round tie, with This Is Anfield told at least one player was uncertain of his involvement as late as Tuesday afternoon.

In his matchday programme notes ahead of the third meeting with Palace already this season, Slot said: “At the time of writing these notes I have not made a final decision on the squad that we will use for this game. “There is a need to train and to check on availability – but whichever players we use have to be ready to face a team like Palace.” Liverpool declined the opportunity to hold a pre-match press conference due to a loophole in Carabao Cup rules, meaning the head coach did not face questions over his squad.

Crystal Palace with 1 debut and up to 8 changes The likelihood is that Slot will rest a number of his key players, with Giorgi Mamardashvili due to drop out along with Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Dominik Szoboszlai, Mohamed Salah and Hugo Ekitike. Wataru Endo, Joe Gomez, Trey Nyoni, Federico Chiesa and Rio Ngumoha are all likely to start while Rhys Williams, Kaide Gordon and Kieran Morrison could all made the squad.