It may be a quick turnaround
Liverpool, but an FA Cup quarter-final away to
Manchester United should take little effort for to psych his players up to go again. The winner of Sunday's clash at Old Trafford will advance to the semi-final stage of the oldest cup competition in existence, meaning another potential trip to Wembley before the manager departs at the end of the campaign. In their way of course stand their arch-rivals, whom they drew 0-0 with at earlier in the season, plus a boatload of injuries. on those that are absent during his Friday press conference, and whilst he will definitely be without eight key players, had positive updates across the board. Curtis Jones, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Diogo Jota and Stefan Bajcetic should be integrated back into the squad at stages following the international break. There was nothing mentioned of goalkeeper Alisson Becker this time, whilst Joel Matip, Thiago Alcantara and Ben Doak have much longer-term problems to overcome. On the other hand, a trio are racing to be fit in time for this weekend's fixture. The boss admitted Ibrahima Konate had not been fit enough to train before Friday, so a last-minute call on the centre half would come down to training on Saturday. "Ibou didn't train today," said. "We have to see if he can train tomorrow but it will be a tight, tight race which we probably lose, but we don't know." Bobby Clark was said to have reacted positively after a knock sustained in 's win against Sparta on Thursday night, whilst Ryan Gravenberch continued his involvement in team training following his three-week spell on the sidelines. Finally, another positive from Thursday's 6-1 victory came in the form of a full uninterrupted 90 minutes on the field each for and Dominik Szoboszlai. The Egyptian had not managed this since New Years' Day, whilst the Hungarian had not gone the distance since December 23 against
Arsenal. Caoimhin Kelleher, Fabian Mrozek, Adrian. : Conor Bradley, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Jarell Quansah, Kostas Tsimikas, Andy Robertson. : Wataru Endo, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch, Harvey Elliott, Bobby Clark, James McConnell. Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez,
Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo, Kaide Gordon, Jayden Danns, Lewis Koumas. Ibrahima Konate, Joel Matip, Alisson Becker, Diogo Jota, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Stefan Bajcetic, Curtis Jones, Thiago Alcantara, Ben Doak.