Overview

• Slot confirmed Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Ryan Gravenberch, Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah will not play.
• Giorgi Mamardashvili is expected to make his Liverpool debut in goal, with summer signing Giovanni Leoni likely to start at centre-back.
• U21s boss Rob Page said Rhys Williams, Jayden Danns, Tommy Pilling, Kieran Morrison and Kaide Gordon trained with the first team and could be included.
• Alexander Isak and 17-year-old Rio Ngumoha are in contention to lead the attack, with minutes also anticipated for Curtis Jones, Wataru Endo, Joe Gomez and Federico Chiesa.
• The third-round tie at Anfield kicks off Tuesday, September 23 at 8pm BST, is live on ITV and Sky Sports, and will go straight to penalties if level after 90 minutes.