Liverpool injuries: Every player out of Carabao Cup final vs Chelsea
Liverpool have the opportunity to lift their first piece of silverware this season on Sunday as they face Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley.
However, the nerves will be jangling for Liverpool supporters ahead of the showpiece event this weekend, primarily because of the extensive injury list that has built up on Merseyside over the past few weeks.
Jurgen Klopp has some major selection headaches travelling to London as a whole host of key players find themselves sidelined. For others, there will be late fitness checks, but it may be a threadbare Liverpool squad in the capital on Sunday afternoon.
Here are all theLiverpool players potentially absent for the Carabao Cup final.
Liverpool's defence is the area that has been least affected by the recent injury crisis, but they are still missing several members of their backline ahead of Sunday's showdown.
One of those is goalkeeper Alisson, who is likely to be out until after the March international break with a muscle injury according to Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders. Caoimhin Kelleher was always going to start the final against Chelsea having been the Reds' Carabao Cup goalkeeper this season, and he will want to pull off the same heroics he did against the Blues in this fixture in 2022.
Trent Alexander-Arnold will also be absent for Sunday's clash and isn't expected back until after next month's international break, with Conor Bradley or Joe Gomez filling in for the 25-year-old.
Joel Matip will likely be sidelined for the rest of the season after tearing his ACL against Fulham back in December.
Liverpool have an array of injuries in midfield as well, but the ever so slightly positive news is that Dominik Szoboszlai might be fit for Sunday. Lijnders said
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