Key events
The teams
Liverpool: Alisson, Szoboszlai, van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez, Mac Allister, Jones, Wirtz, Salah, Chiesa, Gakpo.
Brighton & Hove Albion: Steele, Dunk, van Hecke, Hinshelwood, Kostoulas, Baleba, Kadioglu, Gomez, Gross, Veltman, Howell.
Preamble
Liverpool go into this match off the back of an impressive midweek win at Sunderland that eased the pressure building on Arne Slot. Brighton by contrast are reeling from the concession of a late, late winner at Aston Villa. Meanwhile the Reds have won four of their last five matches against the Seagulls. So.
But! Brighton created plenty of chances in their 2-0 defeat at Anfield a couple of months ago. And they’ve got form against Liverpool in the cup, having knocked Jürgen Klopp’s side out three years ago, and famously seeing off the otherwise all-conquering team of the Paisley-Fagan era in back-to-back seasons. So despite being on an underwhelming run right now – no win for Fabian Hürzeler’s men since the third-round victory at Manchester United, six matches ago – they’ll not be without hope. Could be a doozy. Kick-off is at 8pm GMT. Extra time and pens if necessary. It’s on!
