{"id":31352,"date":"2025-10-29T19:19:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=31352"},"modified":"2025-10-29T19:19:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:19:26","slug":"liverpool-v-crystal-palace-carabao-cup-live-carabao-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=31352","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool v Crystal Palace: Carabao Cup \u2013 live | Carabao Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Arne Slot explains his team selection to Sky Sports by coming at the subject from a few different angles at the same time.<\/strong> \u201cPeople who follow this club know we use this competition for younger players \u2026 we want to create a pathway for them \u2026 to play in front of 60,000 people \u2026 in front of our own fans \u2026 that\u2019s one reason \u2026 the other is that we only have four or five injuries but if I have to play again the same players \u2026 there are multiple reasons why we have lost so many games \u2026 no excuses to lose so many but it hasn\u2019t been helpful that almost every time we have only two days in between \u2026 and after we have had to play away \u2026 and then again an away game \u2026 so we keep playing the same players \u2026 like for example I tried with Alexander Isak, players who missed out on pre-season \u2026 it is a big risk of another injury \u2026 and we only have at this moment in time 15, 16 senior players available.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s fair to say Liverpool have filed an experimental teamsheet, with the vast bulk of the regulars given the night off.<\/strong> Milos Kerkez, desperate to play himself into some form, is the only player to retain his starting spot after the 3-2 defeat at Brentford last weekend. Third-choice goalkeeper Freddie Woodman and 18-year-old Northern Ireland winger Kieran Morrison make their club debuts, while the starting XI also includes 17-year-old winger Rio Ngumoha and 18-year-old midfielder Trey Nyoni. Nobody on their bench is over 21; Kaide Gordon is the most experienced sub with nine senior appearances on his resum\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Crystal Palace by contrast retain six players from the team sent out for the 1-0 defeat at Arsenal on Sunday.<\/strong> Marc Gu\u00e9hi, Maxence Lacroix, Daniel Mu\u00f1oz, Isma\u00efla Sarr, Y\u00e9remy Pino and Daichi Kamada all hold onto their shirts. Sarr has five goals against Liverpool in eight appearances for Palace and Watford, while one of the players stepping into the team tonight, Eddie Nketiah, scored the winner when the teams met at Selhurst last month.<\/p>\n

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Liverpool:<\/strong> Woodman, Ramsay, Gomez, Robertson, Endo, Kerkez, Nyoni, Mac Allister, Morrison, Ngumoha, Chiesa.
Subs: Pecsi, Gordon, Pilling, Kone-Doherty, Pinnington, Figueroa, Nallo, Lucky, Laffey.<\/em><\/p>\n

Crystal Palace:<\/strong> Benitez, Canvot, Lacroix, Guehi, Munoz, Hughes, Kamada, Sosa, Sarr, Pino, Nketiah.
Subs: Henderson, Mitchell, Lerma, Uche, Mateta, Clyne, Esse, Devenny, Cardines.<\/em><\/p>\n

Referee:<\/strong> Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire).<\/em><\/p>\n

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Liverpool have historically found Crystal Palace difficult opponents.<\/strong> Not exactly always \u2013 they\u2019re 36-16 up on wins, and beat Palace 7-0 on their own turf five years ago \u2013 but when the Eagles perform a hit on the Reds, they really<\/em> hit, and hit hard<\/em>. The 1990 FA Cup semi-final. Crystanbul. This season\u2019s Charity Community Shield. The game at Selhurst last month that triggered this astonishing collapse of Arne Slot\u2019s champion side, Liverpool\u2019s first loss in a sequence of five in six.<\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s fold another couple of sequences into the mix.<\/strong> Of the last eight meetings between the clubs, Palace have won three (we\u2019re counting the Community Shield as a win), Liverpool just two. What\u2019s even more worrying for the Reds are the recent results at Anfield: Palace have won one and drawn two of the last three. The Eagles have a strong upper hand over tonight\u2019s hosts at the moment.<\/p>\n

Having said all that, Palace are in a bit of a rut of their own.<\/strong> They\u2019ve lost three of their last four matches in all competitions, failing to win domestically since that aforementioned capitulation-triggering visit of Liverpool to Selhurst. So here are a couple of teams who could do with a bolt of season-reviving energy. That alone should give us a fair chance of some top-grade fun tonight, though any long-term significance may depend on what teams Slot and Oliver Glasner decide to put out; they\u2019re unlikely to be Premier League first XIs. But we\u2019ll find out about that soon enough. Kick-off is at 7.45pm GMT.<\/strong> It\u2019s on!<\/p>\n

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