1: Tomorrow at 4am Beijing time, Liverpool will host West Ham in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup (according to the League Cup format, a draw in 90 minutes will be decided on penalties). At present, the last four of the League Cup have produced three teams, namely Chelsea, Fulham and Middlesbrough.
Liverpool won the Carabao Cup for the first time in 1981 by beating West Ham in a replay, and Liverpool will aim to reach the final for the 14th time and win the trophy for the 10th time.
2: Liverpool assistant coach Linders revealed the recovery of several injured players at his pre-match press conference:
Double Red will be injuredHrafenberg: After the check, it's just fatigue and we will return to training on Tuesday, but we still need to be careful, after all, it's a signal.
Injured in Liverpool's Under-21 match against Chelsea on SundayBendoc: He has a torn meniscus on his lateral side and will undergo surgery, hoping to come back strong and strong.
Injured two weeks ago and has missed three gamesMcAllister: The recovery is good, it doesn't hurt anymore, but it is difficult to come back this year, and will miss the games against West Ham, Arsenal, and Burnley, hoping to return to the game against Newcastle in the new year (early morning of January 2, Beijing time).
Injured in a match against Manchester City on November 25Jota: I'm already training with the ball and I'm getting closer to coming back, but we have to be cautious with this strain, and we've been saying that we're going to give him two or three more days to recover.
3: Nunez has not scored in 10 games for Liverpool in all competitions, with his last goal coming on 1 November, in the last round of the Carabao Cup, when he came off the bench to score the world's best against Bournemouth.
Linders expressed his full support for Nunez at the press conference:
Nunez played much better than last season. It would be unfair to judge a player by the number of goals scored, Nunez and Salah have developed a good chemistry and he has done well defending, sprinting, chasing back and pressing for the team. ”
Nunez has helped us a lot and we can design tactics around him. He's still learning Xi but I like him, he's passionate, that's what our fans love and what we need, he's only going to get better. ”
As for goals, if the team creates enough chances, the goals will naturally come. We can create chances, but you also need some luck and he knows the team has a lot of trust in him and that's something we can give him. ”
4: Liverpool's goals scored by different combinations of strikers this season:
Salah + Jota + Dias started 3 games:
Salah goals + assists = 4
Jota goals + assists = 2
Dias goals + assists = 2
Salah + Gakpo + Dias started 4 games.
Salah goals + assists = 3 (plus one assist against Tottenham).
Gakpo goals + assists = 3
Dias goals + assists = 1 (plus one goal against Tottenham).
Salah + Nunez + Dias started 6 games:
Salah goals + assists = 7
Nunez goals + assists = 3
Dias goals + assists = 0
Salah + Gakpo + Jota started 1 game (3-1 Wolves away).
Salah goals + assists = 2
Gakpo goals + assists = 1
Jota goals + assists = 0
Salah + Nunez + Jota started five games.
Salah goals + assists = 4
Nunez goals + assists = 2
Jota goals + assists = 3
Substitute appearances for the top five strikers:
Liverpool's top scorers in all competitions this season:
5: Sky Sports Germany correspondent Florian Plettenberg: Next month's winter window will be the last transfer window for current sporting director Schmartek in charge of Liverpool, and both parties are happy with the partnership, but Schmatt is currently preparing to step down.
That means Liverpool will need to find a new sporting director and hopefully the club is well prepared for next summer's window.
6: Annual Christmas Event: