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Trent Alexander Arnold: This weekend's Carabao Cup final between Liverpool and Newcastle United means there are just eight games to be played in the Premier League before the first title of the season is decided in England. Liverpool goes to Wembley as the big favourite to lift the Carabao Cup trophy, but coach Arne Slot has to raise his players after their painful exit to Paris Saint-Germain on penalties at Anfield on Tuesday.

Tiredness will be a factor for Liverpool, who lost full-back Trent Alexander Arnold with a knee injury on Tuesday and have his logical replacement, Conor Bradley also injured, reports Xinhua. Newcastle's main problem is the suspension of Anthony Gordon, who serves the second of a three-match ban as he picked up a red card in the recent FA Cup defeat to Brighton.

Liverpool's 15-point lead at the top of the Premier League means the race for the league title is all but over, but the race to qualify for the Champions League is still wide open, especially as it looks certain that the Premier League will get five places in the competition next season.