Man City striker Sergio Aguero to START against Liverpool

That win, coupled with a 5-1 demolition job of Crystal Palace last time out in the cup, leaves the Lancashire side in bullish mood, despite more injury concerns surrounding lead striker Sergio Aguero.

“We made seven or eight changes against Leicester, who are the form team in the Premier League, and we came through”.

Manchester City and Liverpool head the list of teams coveting a berth in the League Cup semi-finals this week as the competition reaches the quarter-final stage without several major names.

The home side’s response was impressive, with Kevin De Bruyne – one of the few bright sparks of a capricious City season so far – putting the Citizens ahead before a deflected Fabian Delph shot trickled past Maarten Stekelenburg to give the England worldwide his first goal for the club.

“It’s what we are going to do to try and stop them from playing like we did a year ago in the Premier League, when we were only a minute away from beating them, so let’s go and have a crack”. Chelsea did the same last season, but the Blues have already been eliminated from the cup competition and are struggling in the league. On Tuesday, Middlesbrough hosts Everton and Stoke hosts Sheffield Wednesday. I don’t know how you train properly every day but to be fair to Eldin he keeps himself in good condition and gets on with it. I’ll have to talk with him tomorrow. With the odds stacked against his side, it’s the sort of game where he’ll also be reluctant to take any risks, and I think he’ll see their next league game at Leeds as more important.

The match will be a return for both Adam Lallana and Nathaniel Clyne, who joined Liverpool from Southampton. But striker Lucas Joao said the team believes it can advance.

“So there’s a path forward for them and we can only think the same thing”. “We will do everything we can to win”.

“Joel Robles was man of the match in the previous round”, Martinez said of his backup goalkeeper.