Frånvaroläge: Salah(AFCON), Mané(AFCON)
Trolig startelva (4-3-3): Kelleher Bradley, Gomez Matip, Tsimikas – Henderson, Keita, Jones – Gordon, Firmino, Jota
Tankar om elvan: Det känns onekligen rätt svårt att förutspå vilken elva som Klopp ställer på benen i morgon, jag tror dock att det kommer att bli en hel del rotation och möjlighet för flera av de spelarna som haft lite begränsat med speltid att visa upp sig. Kelleher brukar få spela cupmatcherna och han har gjort det med den äran, det blir säkerligen han som står i morgon också. I backlinjen behöver Gomez speltid, det bör han kunna få här, jag tror att han får med sig Matip som partner. Mittfältet kan egentligen se ut precis hur som helst, det kan lika gärna vara namn som Morton, Milner, Thiago eller Fabinho som får chansen. I anfallet är det här sista matchen utan Salah och Mané, innan de kommer tillbaka från AFCON, jag tror att Jota och Firmino kommer få fortsätta att imponera och nog är det väl läge för att ge Gordon en till start?
Cardiff status – Oliver Cassidy(@ollieblubirds)
- Its been a few seasons since we last met, how has this season been so far for Cardiff?
It’s been a disaster! Cardiff are currently in a relegation battle in the championship. Expectations at the start of the season was to be fighting for promotion again. It’s been the complete opposite with us losing 9 games in a row at one point.
2. Steve Morison has been your manager since november, after being promoted from the U23-team, is he a long term solution or are the club searching for a manager?
Steve Morison looked like to be a long term solution as we are struggling with finances. However, it has been reported that the owner wants better and has looked at bringing back former boss Neil Warnock. A lot of fans are angry with this because Steve Morison is the future and has done a great job bearing the circumstances.
3. How would you describe the way you play?
As you probably know, Cardiff were very famous for playing extremely direct football. However since Steve Morison has come in, we are playing a more attractive brand of football with these younger players. It’s not exactly tiki-taka but it’s a lot better than previous years.
4. Which players are most important to your team?
There are a couple of great players developing in our team. I would say our forward Rubin Colwill is one of our danger players and on his day, he can cause trouble for any defender. Another player I would say is our centre back Mark McGuiness who was brought in the summer and has been a great asset. Both of these players are very young and have great futures ahead of them.
5. Now you play Liverpool, what kind of game do you expect?
It honestly depends on what team Liverpool play. If Liverpool play a very strong team, I think it will obviously be going in one way traffic. However if Liverpool don’t play a very strong team, then don’t rule us out. You never know in the FA Cup and Shrewsbury Town were giving you a hard time in the previous round so I think it all depends on what team you play.
6. What is your favourite memory from the FA-cup?
I was a bit young at the time and didn’t know about football too much but I’ve heard some great stories about the 2008 FA Cup final. Cardiff agonisingly lost to Portsmouth in the final but went on such a great cup run that year. Hopefully we can go one better this year!