That's all from us today.

All the main talking points from this morning and afternoon can be found by clicking on the summary points at the top of this page.

We'll be back on the live text game later on to bring you coverage of the EFL Cup semi-final second leg between Liverpool and Tottenham.

BBC Radio 5 Live will also be bringing you commentary of that game from Anfield with John Murray and Dion Dublin on the microphone this evening.

We'll be back bright and early tomorrow morning to recap that match and look ahead to a busy weekend of FA Cup action.

Catch you then!

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Similarly to Aston Villa, Chelsea have European squad registration problems of their own.

The Blues only made one signing in January, acquiring teenage centre midfielder Mathis Amougou from Saint-Etienne.

However, the Blues did not register Cole Palmer, Wesley Fofana or Romeo Lavia for the competition in the first half of the season.

It leaves manager Enzo Maresca having to leave at least one of the quarter out due to only being able to add three players before today's deadline.

Centre-back Fofana and midfielder Lavia are both currently injured, a factor which is likely to come into Maresca's thinking.

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Clubs currently in European competitions have until 23:00 GMT this evening to submit their updated squads for the second half of the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League campaigns.

For Aston Villa and manager Unai Emery, that presents a real dilemma.

Clubs are only permitted to submit squads including three new players that were not submitted from the first half of the season, with Villa making five signings just the transfer window.

Right-back Andres Garcia and forward Donyell Malen joined permanently from Levante and Borussia Dortmund respectively, while defender Axel Disasi and forwards Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio have all arrived on loan.

With five signings and only three spots to fill, at least two players will miss out on the Champions League squad for the rest of the season.

Disasi, a natural centre-back, may be preferred over Garcia given his experience and ability to also play at right-back.

Malen has already started for Villa, while Asensio and Rashford both arrived late in the window.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter

Monday was transfer deadline day in the UK and across the major European leagues.

However, Portugal and Netherlands was Tuesday, Austria is today and Turkey is 11 February and Czech Republic is not until 22 February.

The key one is UEFA. Clubs have until 11pm tonight to register their squads for the play-off and knockout stages for European competition.

All clubs are permitted to register three new players. It does not matter if they have already played in the tournament they are being registered to play in.

Aston Villa signed four experienced players - Marcus Rashford, Axel Disasi, Marco Asensio and Donyell Malan. One of them will miss out.

Manchester City also signed four, although given Vitor Reis' relative inexperience, he seems more likely to be the odd one out than Abdoukodir Khusanov, Omar Marmoush and Nico Gonzalez.

Chelsea only signed Mathis Amougou on loan from St Etienne but they left Cole Palmer, Romeo Lavia and Wesley Fofana out of their Conference League squad in the first place.

They are the clubs with an issue.

Speaking of best worst seasons, prior to joining the BBC I covered West Ham during their Europa Conference League-winning campaign.

Premier League form was pretty poor by their own recent standards, a 14th place finish with just 40 points on the board.

Yet in Europe, they won their first trophy for 43 years and went unbeaten across all 15 European matches!

Speaking of clubs in Europe, today is an important day for Britain's clubs across the three European competitions...

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England will face the Republic of Ireland Slovakia, Moldova, Kazakhstan and Andorra in the qualifying group stage for the 2027 European Championships.

In Group B, Scotland face Portugal, Czechia, Bulgaria, Scotland, Azerbaijan and Gibraltar.

Wales have drawn Denmark, Belgium, Austria and Belarus in Group I.

The first round of matches will take place between 17-25 March.

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On paper, Premier League leaders Liverpool go into tonight's match with much better form than Tottenham.

But Tottenham come into the game on the back of wins over Elfsborg and Brentford, having only won three of the previous 10 games.

The winner, of course, will face Newcastle for the EFL Cup at Wembley on March 16.

It was a win that felt like a win, Lewis!

A 2-0 win in May 2011 was the one and only time Tottenham have won at Anfield since November 1998.

Goals from Rafael van der Vaart and Luka Modric, from the penalty spot, sealed that victory.

Wonder if they're available for a late call-up tonight?

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With Tottenham sat 14th and 13 points off the Premier League's top seven with 14 games to go, qualifying for European football via the league this season appears an uphill task.

But the winner of the EFL Cup is guaranteed a spot in the final qualifying round of the Conference League, making this potentially Tottenham's best chance of playing European football next term.

Liverpool, currently top of the table, would also guarantee Europe by winning the competition, but are already expected to qualify for the Champions League this season, meaning their Conference League qualification would be deferred.

Newcastle could also finish in Europe based on their league position, but winning their first trophy since 1969 would guarantee a return to European football next term.

Based on these predictions, it feels like a night tailor-made for the away goals era, doesn't it?

Here's George with a view from the red corner...

It is a good job Tottenham do not need to win tonight.

Since 1999, they've only won once in 27 visits to Anfield.

The record does not make for great reading...

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Those nerves appear well founded.

Look away now, Spurs fans. The club's recent Anfield record does not make for pleasant viewing.

So, based on a lot of the messages we have had so far, the general impression seems to be Liverpool fans, 1-0 down, are fairly confident. Tottenham fans, 1-0 up, significantly less so...