Having gone reasonably strong at Tottenham in midweek and with a crucial Premier League trip to second-placed Nottingham Forest to come on Tuesday, Slot will make wholesale changes for the visit of Accrington, who stand 19th in League Two but have won their last two games.

Liverpool face an unfamiliar opponent on Saturday as they welcome League Two outfit Accrington Stanley to Anfield in the FA Cup third round. The Reds have only battled with the Lancashire minnows once before - an FA Cup meeting back in 1956 - and they should have no qualms maintaining their perfect head-to-head record against them on Saturday lunchtime.

Liverpool travel down to North London to face Tottenham for the first leg of the semifinals of their Carabao Cup tie.