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TEAM NEWS: Steven Gerrard misses out as Andy Carroll and Craig Bellamy lead the line for Liverpool against Wolves
The Reds have freshened up their side following their FA Cup win over Manchester United and midweek League Cup success against Roberto Mancini's City
By Shane Farrington
Club captain Steven Gerrard has been left out of the squad after featuring in Liverpool's dramatic 2-1 win over Manchester United in the FA Cup.
Reds striker Luis Suarez again misses out, serving the final match of his ban for allegedly racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.
Meanwhile, Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has made just one change from the side that 3-2 to Aston Villa in their last Premier League match with the suspended Karl Henry missing out, Eggert Jonsson is his replacement.
Wolves: Hennessey; Foley, Berra, Johnson, Ward; Kightly, Jonsson, Frimpong, Edwards, Jarvis; Fletcher.
Subs: De Vries, Stearman, Elokobi, Hunt, Milijaš, Ebanks-Blake, Doyle.
Liverpool: Reina; Johnson, Agger, Skrtel, Enrique; Henderson, Spearing, Adam; Kuyt, Bellamy; Carroll
Subs: Doni, Aurelio, Coates, Downing, Carragher, Shelvey, Kelly.
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"But, we came through. Obviously there were a lot of changes so it's good to get the result.
"Belgium are a very, very strong side who are going to be really good in the future. Vincent [Kompany] told me about them and said that they were coming good and I totally agree with him."
"[Gary] Cahill I suppose is slightly more of a concern for me because it is a jaw injury. We're desperately hoping the CT scan doesn't show any fracture and it's just going to be a bruising situation, which will be bad enough, but won't stop him taking part in the tournament. As far as John's [Terry] concerned he felt his hamstring a little bit. Again it wasn't a major thing when he came off but we still need to scan it just to be 100 per cent sure."
Suffice to say, if Cahill has broken his jaw, he won't play any part in the tournament.
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