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Liverpool will field three at the back again in tonight's League Cup clash with Bournemouth.
Brendan Rodgers has made three changes to his Liverpool team that lost 3-0 at Manchester United for tonight's League Cup quarter-final, bringing in Lazar Markovic, Kolo Toure and Lucas Leiva.
Glen Johnson, Joe Allen, and Alberto Moreno have lost their places. Brad Jones keeps his place in goal ahead of Simon Mignolet.
Liverpool's opponents tonight Bournemouth currently lead the Championship, and are unbeaten in their last 12 matches in all competitions.
TEAMS IN FULL
Bournemouth starting XI: Boruc, Francis, Elphick, Cargill, Smith, Ritchie, O'Kane, Gosling, Stanislas, Kermorgant, Wilson
Substitutes: Camp, Cook, Daniels, Arter, MacDonald, Fraser, Pitman
Liverpool starting XI: Jones, Toure, Skrtel, Lovren, Henderson, Gerrard, Coutinho, Lallana, Lucas, Sterling, Markovic
Substitutes: Mignolet, Lambert, Sakho, Moreno, Manquillo, Can, Borini
Ahead of the game Liverpool Brendan Rodgers dismissed claims of dressing-room unrest at Liverpool as the club look to arrest a slide in form which has seen them win just two of their last 10 fixtures.
“Our dressing room is very strong,” said Rodgers. “We are very fortunate we have a captain who is a strong leader and that has been something which has been very important in my time here. I hear one or two bits and pieces about unrest - t is totally untrue of course. We are not happy we are not winning games.
“These are competitive players who nearly won the League last season so they won’t be happy with losing but the actual spirit in the group is very strong and that is one of the reasons why when we get that confidence back then we will go into the second half of the season and be much better.”
