Leicester City 2-0 Liverpool: Okazaki and Slimani down Klopp's men with second-half salvo
Foxes secure third straight home win over Reds.
- Leicester City secure passage to Carabao Cup fourth round with win over Liverpool.
- Second half goals from Shinji Okazaki and Islam Slimani send Foxes through.
- Reds had host of chances but withdrawal of Philippe Coutinho turned the game.
- Liverpool: Ward, Flanagan, Gomez, Klavan, Robertson, Henderson, Grujic, Wijnaldum, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Coutinho, Solanke.
- Leicester City: Hamer, Amartey, Dragović, Morgan (c), Chilwell, Albrighton, Iborra, Ndidi, Gray, Slimani, Ulloa.
- A host of other Carabao Cup clashes taking place this evening, including Tottenham vs Barnsley.
Half-time: Leicester City 0-0 Liverpool
It's been all Liverpool, but they have not managed to find a way through Leicester, who have not exactly looked imperious at the back.
Coutinho and Robertson have made some glorious chances, but nobody has managed to convert them. Will that haunt the Reds at full-time?
Almost the opening goal for Liverpool!
Coutinho feeds Robertson out wide who in turn finds Oxlade-Chamberlain with a lovely low ball. The former Arsenal man manages to strike on target, but his effort is blocked by Chilwell.
Solanke goes close from the resulting corner, but Leicester manage to eventually clear.
Just 10 minutes left until kick-off. A reminder of tonight's teams:
Liverpool: Ward, Flanagan, Gomez, Klavan, Robertson, Henderson, Grujic, Wijnaldum, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Coutinho, Solanke.
Leicester City: Hamer, Amartey, Dragović, Morgan (c), Chilwell, Albrighton, Iborra, Ndidi, Gray, Slimani, Ulloa.
Klopp has gone through his team selection for this evening, and detailed his inclusion of Oxlade-Chamberlain:
"Squads are wide and deep, so you can and have to do things like this. It will be exciting to watch.
"If he [Oxlade-Chamberlain] starts in a front three, I don't want to always see him on one wing or something like this.
"If he plays in the No.8, I don't want to see him fixed in this position. It's football; you have to defend in one position and you have to be very flexible in all the other situations. That's what I expect from him in the long-term.
"Today he will start for the first time and that's another thing I'm excited about."
Klopp also spoke about his inclusion of Coutinho: "We thought a lot about it but I think it really makes sense. I spoke to him and he really wanted to have more minutes, so it makes sense to bring him again.
"He felt good [at the weekend], it was really only a little cramp in the last game, not even a cramp. Of course, he needs match time and now he can get it."
Klopp has made eight changes to the side that drew with Burnley. Dominic Solanke leads the line with Sturridge and Firmino rested, and the young Englishman is flanked by Philippe Coutinho and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Lovren and Matip are nowhere to be seen, while young Welsh wonderkid Ben Woodburn is on the bench.
Still waiting for Leicester's team news, but it shouldn't be long now.
Liverpool's defence has become an unwelcome talking point over the last week or so, but Klopp's backline did receive somewhat of a boost in recent days.
Nathaniel Clyne has been making good progress on his road to recovery, and Klopp was happy with the "big step" the former Crystal Palace right-back has made. He also touched upon Adam Lallana, who is not doing any outside work at this moment in time.
"Clyney had the third or fourth run outside yesterday, not the highest intensity but a big step and he coped well so far with this," Klopp was quoted on Liverpool's official site.
"Adam is close to going outside and running. For the next step, I'll give you another update in the next press conference!"
As expected, Jurgen Klopp is set to make wholesale changes to the side that drew with Burnley on Saturday.
The German may revamp his entire his starting line-up, and he has already let slip a few changes: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Marko Grujic and Danny Ward are all set to start against Leicester, who could ring the changes, too.
Foxes boss Craig Shakespeare may be without star striker Jamie Vardy, who is suffering from a groin problem, while Matty James is also out with an Achilles problem.
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Jurgen Klopp's side will look to get back to winning ways after a rather solemn week, and the former Borussia Dortmund boss is set to ring the changes to the side that slumped to a draw with Burnley.
Marko Grujic and Danny Ward are both set to come in, while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is set to be handed his first start for his new club after making a few substitute appearances.
On the other hand, hosts Leicester could be without Jamie Vardy, who has a groin problem, but Craig Shakespeare may see fit to shake up his side after their draw against Huddersfield Town.
The Foxes boss rung the changes during the last round and reaped the rewards as they dismantled Sheffield United 4-1, but with a higher calibre of opponent strolling into the King Power, Shakespeare may have to play some of his big guns if he has any hope of progressing to the next round.
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