'Klopp's Kids' will return in FA Cup after Liverpool's Carabao Cup triumph

Liverpool's quadruple bid saw its first big success on Sunday when the Reds beat Chelsea to the Carabao Cup trophy, in a nail-biting 1-0 win in extra-time, but there are still three more competitions to play for.

The only problem for Jurgen Klopp and his swansong season, and it's a sizeable one, is that his squad are dropping like flies at the moment.

In addition to no fewer than 12 - yes you read correctly - first-team injuries, his side just played two hours of football on Sunday in a bruising encounter with Chelsea at Wembley.

As a result, and with four games coming up in a 12-day period including a clash with Manchester City at the end of it, Klopp may be scratching his head over what XI to name for Wednesday's FA Cup clash with Southampton in the fifth round.

Here Mail Sport takes a look at how the Reds might line up against Southampton in the FA Cup fifth round on Wednesday, with an average age of just 21.2!

Caoimhin Kelleher

It sometimes feels like the young Irish stopper is ever the bridesmaid but never the bride - now though he has a chance to take the limelight with Alisson out injured.

Kelleher has been restricted to cup competitions for most of his Liverpool career, only ever playing 10 Premier League matches with five of those coming this term.

However he was fantastic at the weekend against Chelsea, coming up with two seismic saves to keep the Reds in with a shout.

Kelleher may be a back-up goalkeeper at Anfield but he would surely do a brilliant job on a more prominent basis at most other Premier League sides, and is a great option with the gloves to come in and deputise for Alisson.

Conor Bradley, Joe Gomez, Jarell Quansah, Kostas Tsimikas

In Jurgen Klopp's back four on Wednesday there could be two academy