Liverpool v Swansea preview Liverpool look to get back to winning ways when they take on Swansea City at Anfield in the Capital One Cup fourth round on Tuesday night. The Reds season has failed to take off, with their Premier League, Champions League and Capital One Cup performances leaving much to be desired. Brendan Rodgers’ side needed a record-breaking penalty shootout success against Sky Bet Championship side Middlesbrough in the third round after twice being pegged back. The 14-13 victory was only settled when Boros Albert Adomah missed with the 30th spot-kick, which equalled the British record for the highest-scoring post-match contest, set over three years ago when Dagenham and Redbridge edged past Leyton Orient in a Football League Trophy tie. The weekend draw with Hull only added to the growing frustrations on the Anfield terraces, and victory over fellow Premier League side Swansea is needed to ease pressure of Rodgers’ shoulders. The Swans have impressed this season with Garry Monk earning plenty of plaudits since being appointed permanent boss. The south Wales side are now in a lofty sixth position after a convincing win over Leicester at the weekend, and Monk will be hoping his side can better their Capital One Cup third round performance, when the Swans laboured past Championship side Rotherham. Team news Rodgers is expected to make several changes for the visit of Swansea with Lazar Markovic, Suso and Kolo Toure likely to get a run out. Liverpool have no new injury concerns after the weekend draw with Hull, with Daniel Sturridge and John Flanagan long term absentees. Mamadou Sakho is out for a further week with a calf injury. Monk is expected to name a strong Swansea side as he prepares to renew acquaintances with his former manager Rodgers. Gerhard Tremmel has started Swanseas two previous League Cup ties this season and is likely to replace Lukasz Fabianski in goal, but Monk seems set to keep changes to a minimum as the Welsh club look to repeat their Anfield win at the same stage of the competition two years ago. But Gylfi Sigurdsson, who limped off during the second half of the 2-0 Premier League home victory over Leicester on Saturday, and Wayne Routledge could be handed breathers after their heavy workloads so far this term.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 13:40:39 +0000
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