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Arne Slot was insistent in the build-up to Liverpool's game with Southampton that this was the start of a week with three cup finals.

Midweek hero Alisson Becker will be expecting a much quieter game than at the Parc des Princes.

Andy Robertson and Jarell Quansah are among the substitutes.

In midfield, Slot goes with Ryan Gravenberch, Curtis Jones and Dominik Szoboszlai.

Diogo Jota is among the subs.

"This is a game that comes on the back of a very testing Champions League match away in Paris, and because of the quick turnaround, it is clear that we will have to dig deep to go again," Slot, who will serve the second and final game of his touchline ban here, writes in his official matchday program notes.

Again, if you are a team that wants to go hard in the Premier League and the Champions League — which we are — this is an obligation.

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This, I would say, is definitely one of those occasions."

Liverpool starting XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Jones; Salah, Nunez, Diaz