Here’s Richard Jolly inside Anfield:
“Liverpool are playing with three centre-backs, for the first time in Slot’s reign. Though only one of them (Joe Gomez) actually is a centre-back.”
Richard Jolly at Anfield29 October 2025 19:49
1 min: An overzealous Chiesa barges into Hughes from behind and winds the midfielder inside 30 seconds.
I think that falls into the “let them know you’re there” category.
Will Castle29 October 2025 19:48
KICK-OFF! Liverpool 0-0 Crystal Palace
A quick reminder that there is no VAR at this stage of the competition.
Will Castle29 October 2025 19:46
With Liverpool in a time of crisis, let’s see if they can begin to restore a bit of pride by staying in the Carabao Cup beyond tonight.
But looking at those teams, you have to say that Palace are the favourites.
You’ll Never Walk Alone is sounding around Anfield. Kick-off is next!
Will Castle29 October 2025 19:43
Just five minutes until we get things underway at Anfield.
Will Liverpool make a step towards getting their season back on track? Or will it be more misery against bogey team Crystal Palace?
We’ll have all the action, up next!
Will Castle29 October 2025 19:40
Final preparations
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Will Castle29 October 2025 19:34
Liverpool vs Crystal Palace prediction
Much has been made of Liverpool’a recent struggles both domestically and abroad, with the losses to Galatasaray and Brentford in particular raising questions for Arne Slot as he attempts to gel hundreds of millions of pounds worth of new talent.
While no complaints can be made about Liverpool’s summer spending, it turns out integrating even the most talented of players can prove difficult, as has been shown over the Reds’ last six matches, where they’ve lost five.
However, he may have finally run into some luck as his side face an out-of-form Palace team who have faltered in recent weeks despite starting the season well, with a shock loss to AEK Larnaca highlighting a drop in consistency.
Cody Gakpo could be the source of success for Liverpool tonight, who has emerged as the one player to have taken plenty of the attacking burden into his own hands of late.
Here’s our prediction for Liverpool vs Crystal Palace:
Will Castle29 October 2025 19:30
Arne Slot admits Trent Alexander-Arnold factor could play part in Mohamed Salah’s poor form
“He played with Trent his whole Liverpool career, so it could (be that),” Slot said when asked about Salah’s drop in form. “He’s been in promising positions often enough to score goals, but maybe with Trent even more.
“But in general, if you have quite a few changes in the summer you have to find new connections. Mo is not an exception to this because he’s also a human being, like all the others.”
Could Alexander-Arnold’s absence be the big problem?
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Will Castle29 October 2025 19:20
When will the Carabao Cup quarter-finals be played?
The quarter-final fixtures are set to take place during the week commencing Monday 15 December with most matches kicking off on the evening of Tuesday 16 December or Wednesday 17 December.
Carabao Cup matchdays in full
Here are the dates for the remaining rounds of Carabao Cup action.
Quarter-finals: w/c 15 December 2025
Semi-Final First Leg: w/c 12 January 2026
Semi-Final Second Leg: w/c 2 February 2026
Final: Sunday 22 March 2026
Will Castle29 October 2025 19:10
Here’s Richard Jolly inside Anfield:
“A remarkable line-up from Arne Slot, who rather risks a fifth consecutive defeat in England. The counter-argument may be that, with a week of Aston Villa, Real Madrid and Manchester City, he had to give all of his premier players a night off. But he makes 10 changes, giving debuts to Kieran Morrison and Freddie Woodman (aka Gareth Southgate’s godson), just a second start in Calvin Ramsay and only a fourth to Trey Nyoni. Palace make five changes and are probably the favourites.”
Richard Jolly at Anfield29 October 2025 19:03