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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has ruled Virgil van Dijk out of the club's Carabao Cup fourth round tie against Manchester City next week, but could play ...

Then we will make the decision obviously on Wednesday who can play on Thursday. Hendo we will see, Trent we will see,” Klopp explained. Alexander-Arnold played just 33 minutes in the whole tournament, all of which came against Wales.

Man City take on Liverpool in the League Cup on Thursday and manager Pep Guardiola is unsure what kind of team he will be able to put out.

The Premier League champions are due to play three games before the turn of the year. "We just don’t have players because the big brains of football decided this schedule and we are going to play this game [against Liverpool]. The City boss will be short of options for the fixture as 14 of his players are yet to return to training following their exploits at World Cup 2022.

Pep Guardiola admits he has no idea of who might be available for next Thursday's Carabao Cup fourth round tie against Liverpool.

[Gundogan](https://www.mancity.com/players/ilkay-gundogan) and Kevin [De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne) – who returned after Germany and Belgium’s first phase exits – took part in the 2-0 friendly win over Girona. “He is going to play the final, have a few days’ rest and then come back to us.” “At the moment, we have four or five players, and we will have to wait and see how the others come back,” said

Pep Guardiola and Manchester City will resume domestic commitments with an EFL Cup clash against Liverpool next week, a matter of days after the World Cup ...

Their involvement in the Qatar tournament will have ensured their remain match fit, but English football is entering its notorious Christmas period, which will see City play five times in 17 days. Guardiola and Klopp were players before turning their hands to coaching and the Catalan had joked that he will roll back the years to help with his selection problems. But we just don’t have players because the big brains of football decided this schedule and we are going to play this game (against Liverpool). As a result, Guardiola is struggling to pick a competitive side with a place in the last eight of the EFL Cup at stake. There was always concern this season about the scheduling of the English football calendar, which had to accommodate the first-ever winter World Cup. Players will come back, but I don't know in what condition." De Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan were the only players to see their team exit in the group stage, hence their early return. The English champions, who won the [EFL Cup](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/efl-cup) for four straight years until they were dethroned last term, will welcome a Reds team who arrive as holders. Nathan [Ake], Aymer [Laporte], and Rodri, and later the players from the England and Portugal teams.” "I don't know how many players we will have. People are coming back soon. [Manchester City](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/manchester-city-fc) boss has been watching the bulk of his squad at the [World Cup](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/world-cup-2022?service=responsive) in [Qatar](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/qatar) over the past month and very few have returned thus far.

Nathan Ake, Aymeric Laporte and Rodri are expected to return to City training early in the week and could feature in the squad for the cup clash against ...

It was good minutes for all of them.' Despite early group stage exits with Germany and Belgium, both Gundogan and De Bruyne resumed training inside a fortnight. - Manchester City play Liverpool in the EFL Cup just days after the World Cup final

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has suggested that Virgil van Dijk is unlikely to feature against Manchester City in the Carabao Cup clash next week. Promoted ...

If the World Cup was supposed to provide a sanctuary, a chance to reset, then it all went badly wrong. He has bubbled away for the Blues without ever quite hitting top form in the first 22 games of a disrupted campaign. Of that, there is no doubt. The Manchester City playmaker is a heart-on-the-sleeve player but so far this season frustration has been his overwhelming feeling. The Dutchman has come up against the Blues on 16 occasions in his career, winning seven times. [Read the full story here.](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/klopp-van-dijk-man-city-25776040)

Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland scored in an easy win for Manchester City, but Pep Guardiola is not happy with his side's schedule.