Alexander Isak is poised to be thrown into League Cup action with Arne Slot determined to get his £125million man up to full speed.
Liverpool’s head coach will, like so many of his counterparts, take the chance to rotate his team this evening and there will be a first competitive start for Giorgio Mamadarshvili, the £33million goalkeeper who has been bought to one day succeed Alisson Becker.
Key men such as Alisson, Virgil van Dijk, Mo Salah and Ryan Gravenberch will all be given the chance to rest after a busy start to the campaign, with exciting youngsters Rio Ngumoha and Trey Nyoni pushing hard to start.