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Paul Merson believes Arne Slot should drop Diogo Jota and Alisson for Liverpool's Carabao Cup Final clash with Newcastle United.

Gianluigi Donnarumma was the hero of the shootout for the French side, who won the tie 4-1 on penalties.

Slot will be hoping his side isn't nursing a hangover from that defeat in midweek, and Merson believes a number of changes to freshen up the starting XI will help their cause this week.



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"Darwin Nunez missed his penalty against PSG in the shootout, but I would still want him to start this game against Newcastle," Merson told Sportskeeda.

"He is someone who always creates problems to defenders.

"If I’m Dan Burn or Fabian Schar, I want to play against Diogo Jota on Sunday.

Jota is someone who likes to drop deep, whereas Nunez would work those centre-halves a lot more by constantly engaging with them.

"I doubt he will get a chance after the penalty miss, but he’s a menace inside the box and no defender wants to play against him in a final like this!

I think Arne Slot will go with Kelleher here.
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