Pep Lijnders says Liverpool will make a late decision on the availability of Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Dominik Szoboszlai for Sunday's Carabao Cup final against Chelsea.
The trio are the only players on the club's extensive list of recent absentees who have no chance of playing at Wembley. Salah and Nunez missed the midweek win over Luton Town due to minor muscle problems, while Szoboszlai has been out since the end of January with a hamstring injury.
“Dom, Darwin and Mo, we really need to see it,” said Deputy Chief Lijnders.
“We still have two days. Today's meeting and tomorrow's meeting. At the last minute we will check it. If they can be there, it will be great, honestly.”
Trent Alexander-Arnold (lateral collateral ligament), Alisson Becker (hamstring), Curtis Jones (ankle) and Diogo Jota (medial ligament) are not expected to be fit again until after the international break in March. Thiago, Stefan Bajcetic, Ben Doak and Joel Matip are also still out.
“Curtis has a high ankle strain. He will be (back) in and around the international break,” Lijnders added.
“Ali, muscle injury, it will really take time after the international break. Trent, collateral. Dots, inner band. Both will be there after the international break.
“The good thing we have always done in the past is that we look at what we have. You have to accept what you have and not look at what you don't have. That has brought us success in the past and we are trying to maintain that. I'm really happy with that.
“With a few injuries you get young players and players who haven't played five games in a row but can play now. That is really cool. This season is a season where we have created three or four new teams in one season. This is a compliment to our squad and the academy.”
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