Carabao Cup LIVE updates: Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs face Liverpool for a spot in the final

We’ll start with the visitors. Their two new signings are in the squad, but only one will start: Kevin Danso, the 26-year-old Austrian centre-back signed from French side RC Lens, comes straight into the back four. That means Mathys Tel, the 19-year-old French forward signed from Bayern Munich, is on the bench – along with Pedro Porro, the Spanish right-back who has also been rested. Teenage sensation Archie Gray gets the nod in that position instead.

The rest of the team is as anticipated, but there are still so many excellent players for Spurs who are injured: Dominic Solanke, Cristian Romero, Gugliermo Vicario, James Maddison, Brennan Johnson, Wilson Odobert, Timo Werner, Destiny Udogie, and poor old Radu Dragusin, who did his ACL against IF Elfsborg in the Europa League last week and will miss the rest of the season … not to mention Micky van de Ven, who did make his return from a hamstring injury in that match, but isn’t quite ready to step up to the higher intensity of the Premier League, as Postecoglou explained this week. This, of course, isn’t the Premier League, strictly speaking… but it’s a Premier League opponent.

Speaking of! This is how Liverpool will line up. They’ve made four changes to the side that beat Bournemouth at the weekend in the Premier League. It’s a strong XI, with their attack led by Mohammed Salah, Darwin Núñez and Cody Gakpo, and a strong bench. They will take some beating today. Arne Slot has them humming.