Liverpool FC lineup options vs. Tottenham – 1 change confirmed & 4 key decisions

With Liverpool facing Tottenham in the Carabao Cup, Arne Slot has already confirmed there will be at least one change from the Reds’ 2-0 win over Bournemouth.

Liverpool’s squad is in exceptionally good shape at the moment and it has left Slot with selection headaches, albeit positive ones.

Despite being 1-0 down from the first leg, the Reds are favourites to progress and play in the Wembley final on March 16.

Seeking to overturn the one-goal deficit, Liverpool have almost a full pack to play with, but they are missing one key player

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Here’s what Slot revealed in his press conference:

Trent Alexander-Arnold will miss the game due to a thigh injury

Having not even told the players as of Wednesday morning, Slot wouldn’t reveal who would start in goal, but he had already made a decision

Liverpool’s XI vs. Tottenham

Liverpool’s semi-final second leg against Tottenham falls nicely in the calendar for Slot, who has the chance to rest players in the Reds’ subsequent match on Sunday against second-division Plymouth.

This means he should be able to field what is almost his full-strength starting XI at Anfield, before rotating at the weekend and returning to a quasi-first-choice side against Everton next Wednesday.

There are four key positions in which Slot must decide who to start, with the goalkeeper being the obvious starting point – the coach remained coy in his press conference about which of Alisson and Caoimhin Kelleher will play.

The left-back and advanced midfielder berths are the other contested positions, with Andy Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas vying for the former while Dominik Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones fight for the other.

Here are Slot’s likely decisions:

Alisson in goal, as he was for the first leg

Robertson at left-back over Tsimikas

Szoboszlai keeps his place in the side but Jones comes in for the FA Cup

This is how Liverpool would line up:



Alisson; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Salah, Diaz, Gakpo

Attack is another area in which the manager has plenty of options.