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The club hope he will be able to play against before the Premier League champions-elect end their campaign - otherwise, he may well have played his final game for the Reds, with a summer switch to Real Madrid seeming increasingly likely.

At Wembley, with he, Conor Bradley and Joe Gomez all absent, Slot has a choice to make.

After their Champions League disappointment on Tuesday, Diogo Jota KEEPS his place in the starting lineup in something of a surprise.

And he says: "Even in my wildest dreams, I couldn't think about it, in my first season as captain to lift a trophy for this club for the first time in a long, long time.

It would be massive."

He scored the winner at West Ham on Monday night and Eddie Howe picks an unchanged starting lineup, with Anthony Gordon still suspended and both Sven Botman and Lewis Hall sidelined due to injury.

Standing in for Gordon recently, he keeps his place ahead of Joe Willock.

Liverpool Starting Lineup: Kelleher; Quansah, Konate, Van Djik, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Salah, Jota, Diaz.

Subs: Alisson, Endo, Nunez, Chiesa, Jones, Gakpo, Elliott, Tsimikas, McConnell

Newcastle Starting Lineup: Pope; Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento; Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Murphy, Isak, Barnes.
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