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Okay folks, it's time to exercise the thumbs.

Up if Luton at home in the Premier League is more important in the long run.

Down if Chelsea at Wembley in a cup final means more.

Gordon: Sadly the number of injuries will curtail an assault on four fronts. Perhaps Liverpool need to concentrate on what they see as a priority trophy, or the one they think they have the best chance of winning. I can't see that happening, though. There's lots of chatter about players returning too early - this needs to be looked at alongside the number of games and intensity of style.

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Luton Town’s Cauley Woodrow: “We know how good Liverpool are, but as we showed earlier on in the season we gave them a massive game at Kenilworth Road [1-1 draw].

"We are going into the game confident and hopefully we get something from it. We are not going to sit off and wait - hopefully we will put the opposition on the back foot.

“Every game from now till the end of the season is massive for us.”

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The injury situation is approaching breaking point.

This is a big problem considering Liverpool now play nine games in 30 days - including the Carabao Cup final and a potentially title-deciding game against Manchester City.

Liverpool are playing well and Jurgen Klopp has rotated his team exceptionally, while also taking advantage of the five substitutes to keep as many legs fresh as possible.

But any more injuries to big players will surely prove unsustainable.

Liverpool

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: “They [Darwin Nunez and Mo Salah] couldn’t have played tonight. Everybody who can play tonight will be there.

"From here we will see who will be back for Sunday [League Cup final against Chelsea], but that is not important at the moment.”

On Harvey Elliott making 100 appearances for Liverpool: “Absolutely incredible. It is a wonderful landmark for him and he is a lifelong Liverpool supporter and it is special.”

On Rob Edwards and Luton: “We are completely different since last time [facing Luton] they did well and we should have score goals. I have seen plenty of games of Luton's and the improvement they have made is crazy and deserves a lot of respect.

“Luton started very pragmatic [at the start of the season] and developed football based since then and it’s a really good job what Rob [Edwards] is doing there. Will it be a test for us? Yes.

“It is about getting in the game and causing problems and winning the game.”

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Luton will send Liverpool's neighbours Everton back into the relegation zone if they avoid defeat at Anfield. The Hatters have won twice on the road - at Everton and Sheffield United, while they were involved in an extraordinary 4-4 draw at Newcastle earlier this month.

Read more: From relegation favourites to Premier League entertainers.

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David: Every team gets injuries. It reflects well on Liverpool so far that they have managed to come through the fixtures with their Premier League lead still intact. These next few weeks will be key but, when you see players like Conor Bradley, James McConnell and Bobby Clark come in and do well, then you have to think it can be done!

Jurgen Klopp tells Sky Sports he is not resting Mo Salah or Darwin Nunez before Wembley and that neither player is fit enough to be involved against Luton.

He says "we will see" when asked about their chances for Sunday.

Full quotes coming up.

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It feels like Harvey Elliott has been around for ages. He's still only 20 for goodness sake! And it's a landmark night for the former Fulham player.

Elliott is making his 100th appearance for Liverpool.

He's the fourth-youngest (20 years and 323 days) to reach the milestone for the Reds after Michael Owen (19 years and 363 days), Raheem Sterling (20 years and six days) and Robbie Fowler (20 years and 167 days).

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Five of Liverpool's nine substitutes are aged 19 or under. Midfielder Trey Nyoni is 16.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp makes five changes to the team that claimed a 4-1 win at Brentford on Saturday.

Ibrahim Konate and Andy Robertson drop to the bench, while Diogo Jota, Curtis Jones and Darwin Nunez miss out through injury.

Mohamed Salah, who scored from the bench against the Bees, is also unavailable due to injury as Liverpool's treatment room starts to swell with the likes of Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, Dominik Szoboszlai and Thiago also sidelined.

Joe Gomez, Jarrell Quansah, Ryan Gravenberch, Cody Gakpo and Harvey Elliott come in.

16-year-old Treymaurice Nyoni is named on the bench for the Reds.

Liverpool XI: Kelleher, Bradley, Quansah, Van Dijk, Gomez, Mac Allister, Endo, Gravenberch, Gakpo, Elliott, Diaz.

Substitutes: Adrian, Konate, Tsimikas, Robertson, Clark, Gordon, McConnell, Dans, Nyoni.

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Luton are unchanged from Saturday's 2-1 defeat at home against Manchester United.

Rob Edwards is without Jacob Brown after the forward underwent surgery on his knee and top scorer Elijah Adebayo due to a hamstring injury.

Luton XI: Kaminski, Mengi, Osho, Bell, Chong, Lokonga, Barkley, Doughty, Ogbene, Morris, Woodrow.

Substitutes: Krul, Potts, Berry, Kabore, Burke, Mpanzu, Clark, Townsend, Nelson.

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Will Mo Salah and Darwin Nunez be involved? We're about to find out...

Luton Town

A first league trip to Anfield for 32 years followed by an FA Cup home tie with Manchester City next week. Luton Town fans really are pinching themselves.

22 February, 2014: Nuneaton 0-5 Luton in Football Conference

21 February, 2024: Liverpool v Luton in Premier League

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James: Even with the likes of Diogo Jota, Dominik Szoboszlai and Alisson out injured, this season bodes well for Liverpool because the chemistry in the team has never been stronger. The air of confidence exuberated by these players shows a level of depth we've not seen since the wonder years of the 1980s. It puts Liverpool in a pivotal position to not just win the title, but also the quadruple.

On paper, it all looks rosy for the Reds.

They're top of the Premier League tree and in the hunt for three additional trophies.

But are injuries about to derail Jurgen Klopp's farewell season?

No Alisson. No Diogo Jota. No Trent Alexander-Arnold, Curtis Jones or Dominik Szoboszlai.

And now reports both Mo Salah and Darwin Nunez, external are major fitness doubts for tonight.

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Hello!

If you're wondering why we've got a Premier League game in the middle of a Champions League week...

Liverpool against Luton was originally scheduled for this Saturday but has been brought forward as the Reds face Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday.

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Two points separate the top three with 13 match to go. No wonder they're calling this title race box office. Will leaders Liverpool sign off with a win before they head to Wembley?