Liverpool vs Newcastle LIVE: Carabao Cup final team news and line-ups – UK Times

The Carabao Cup offers Arne Slot the chance to win his first trophy in England. Only two Liverpool managers since Bill Shankly have not won silverware, in Roy Hodgson and Brendan Rodgers.

“I also saw that almost every manager has worked here for five, six, seven, eight, nine years,” he said. “So it helps if you are here for years rather than months.”

Liverpool are closing in on the Premier League title but Slot smiled that if he only claims the Carabao Cup in his time at Anfield, his reign will not be celebrated.

“I think that is for you guys to judge in four or five years… if I had only won the League Cup, I don’t think you would write a book about me,” he said. “But it would be a good start.”

Newcastle are aiming to end a 70-year wait for a major domestic trophy when they face Liverpool at Wembley.

Their dream of ending that drought, which stretches back to the 1955 FA Cup final, is very much alive.

Newcastle’s last piece of significant silverware of any description came in the 1969 European Fairs Cup, have suffered during the intervening years.

Anthony Gordon will miss the Carabao Cup final after Newcastle elected not to appeal his red card against Brighton.

The forward was dismissed late on in the FA Cup fifth round tie after lashing out at visiting defender Jan Paul van Hecke, striking him with two hands in the back of the head.

Eddie Howe explained that there was “no chance” of overturning Gordon’s suspension, with the winger sent off for lashing out at Brighton’s Jan Paul van Hecke, striking him with two hands in the back of the head.

Trent Alexander-Arnold has been ruled out of the Carabao Cup final but Liverpool manager Arne Slot believes the right-back’s season is not over.

Alexander-Arnold limped off in Tuesday’s Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain and, as he is out of contract in the summer and a target for Real Madrid, could have played his last Liverpool game if he were ruled out for more than two months.

But while he will not face Newcastle at Wembley on Sunday, Slot is confident he will be back later in the campaign.

He said: “Trent is indeed not available, but he is still to be assessed for how long it will take but we do expect him back before the end of the season.”

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Quansah, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Salah, Jota, Diaz

Newcastle XI: Pope; Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento; Tomali, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Murphy, Isak, Barnes

Newcastle have endured a tough run ahead of the Carabao Cup final, losing their first-choice left side after Anthony Gordon was suspended for three games and Lewis Hall suffered a season-ending injury. Sven Botman is also unavailable for Eddie Howe, who is yet to beat Liverpool while in charge of Newcastle.

Harvey Barnes and Tino Livramento should start at left wing and left back respectively, with Kieran Trippier starting at right back, while Alexander Isak and Joelinton were unavailable for Newcastle’s defeat to Liverpool late last month but are available to boost Howe’s side.

Trent Alexander-Arnold has been ruled out of the Carabao Cup final and faces an extended spell on the sidelines after suffering an ankle injury in the defeat to PSG. With Joe Gomez and Conor Bradley also unavailable, Alexander-Arnold is likely to be replaced by Jarell Quansah at right back.

Ibrahima Konate limped off against PSG but is expected to be fine. Cody Gakpo returned off the bench against PSG and is back in contention. After starting in the semi-final win over Tottenham, Alisson is expected to play ahead of back-up Caoimhin Kelleher, who has started Liverpool’s last two Carabao Cup triumphs.

Liverpool will face Newcastle at 4:30pm on Sunday 16 March at Wembley Stadium.

The Carabao Cup final will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football.

Liverpool, though, will start as favourites to lift the first silverware of the season as the runaway Premier League leaders look to win their first trophy under Arne Slot. Liverpool are also defending champions having beaten Chelsea last season to win the League Cup for a record-extending 10th time.

We’ll bring you all the build-up between now and kick-off at 4:30pm.