Man City vs Liverpool LIVE: Carabao Cup team news, line-ups as Erling Haaland and Mo Salah start

►► Man City vs Liverpool LIVE!

live updates from the last 16 tie, as Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp’s teams play their first competitive fixture since the World Cup

Manchester City take on Liverpool in the Carabao Cup round of 16 tonight, as Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp’s teams play their first competitive fixture since the World Cup.

But the Reds face a tough test in retaining the title, as they go up against a Man City side led up front by Erling Haaland, who was in formidable form prior to the winter World Cup in Qatar.

Will Salah score again?

Mohamed Salah has scored in nine of his last 15 outings against City.

Salah could become the first Reds player ever to score versus tonight’s opponents in three different competitions in the same season.

Milner’s longevity

Only James Milner, Jordan Henderson and Roberto Firmino remain in the Liverpool squad from the last League Cup meeting between the teams, which came in the final almost seven years ago.

Starting lineups

Manchester City: Ortega Moreno; Lewis, Akanji, Laporte, Ake; Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Gundogan; Mahrez, Haaland, Palmer

Substitutes: Carson, Walker, Stones, Cancelo, Grealish, Gomez, Bernardo, Foden, Robertson

Liverpool: Kelleher; Milner, Gomez, Matip, Robertson; Elliott, Bajcetic, Thiago; Salah, Nunez, Carvalho.

Substitutes: Adrian, Fabinho, Keita, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tsimikas, Ramsay, Phillips, Doak

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp goes with a stronger-than-usual team for this early in the competition with just one youngster - midfielder Stefan Bajcetic - included.

His forward line comprises Mohamed Salah, making his first appearance in the League Cup outside of finals since October 2020 and only his fourth in the competition in total. Darwin Nunez and Fabio Carvalho also feature.