Liverpool has the chance to immediately bounce back from their painful Champions League exit against PSG by winning the Carabao Cup on Sunday.
The Reds are confronted with Newcastle near Wembley while Arne Slot offers to win his first trophy in Anfield since he became at Feyenoord last summer.
Although there will be a huge disappointment about crashing Europe on penalties against the French side, Liverpool will now change their focus to the final, because Slot wants to end the season with a competition and cup doubles.
Mirror Football has completed some of the largest Liverpool stories when the countdown starts until the enormous showpiece of this weekend at Wembley,
Frustrated Van Dijk gives an update about the future
Virgil van Dijk seems to be the most likely Van Liverpool's from contract trio to sign a new deal with Anfield, but the club captain is still Cagey about his future and it seems that there is now a bit of tension about constant speculation.
Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold have also had constant questions about whether they will be Liverpool players after the summer.
Salah has said consistently that he is not closer to the agree of new conditions, while Alexander-Arnold is strongly connected to a move to Real Madrid, but there have been reports that Van Dijk has drawn a new deal and remains silent for the other two players.
But the 33-year-old was beaten with those suggestions when he hit “liars” who speculate his future.
“I have no idea,” he said about his future after Liverpool's defeat to PSG. I still have no idea at the moment. Really, I have no idea right now. Conversations are not on hold, there is nothing on hold. I keep saying the same. Listen, there are 10 games to go and that is my full focus.
“If there is news, you will know. I don't even know myself. Everyone knows that there are some conversations behind the scenes, but that is the day.
“At the moment I don't even know what will happen next year. If someone says they know, they lie to your face. “
CARRIJFHER Questions throw a fine
A penalty shootout is always a lottery and Arne Slot has not been too hard for his players after he has seen Curtis Jones and Darwin Nunez their efforts against PSG.
Salah was the only Liverpool player to turn his kick when the men of Luis Enrique insured a 4-1 victory in the shootout to reach the quarterfinals.
PSG had a slight advantage in the shootout when they won the coin and chose to kick the end of the Anfield Road stadium.
But club legend Jamie Carragher wondered why PSG was not only allowed to choose to get to which end, but also took the first kick.
Vitinha successfully converted PSG's first penalty from the shootout before Goncalo Ramos, Ousmane Dembele and Douse Doue joined him when they were efforts.
Carragher discussed the surprising situation and said: “One thing that I could not work out with the penalties was that there was of course a coin throw with Virgil van Dijk [and PSG’s captain].
“PSG must have won to bring it to the other side [away from the Kop] But then also took the first punishment. So I wasn't sure what happened there. Normally you only get one benefit and the other team gets the first punishment … but PSG deserved to continue. “
Trippier sends warning for the final
Liverpool will be wary of a dangerous Newcastle team in the Cup final on Sunday, knowing that the magpies of Eddie Howe will desperately succeed where they failed in their 2023 Carabao Cup final defeat against Manchester United.
Newcastle has already removed Nottingham Forest, Chelsea and Arsenal in this competition – putting the Gunners aside 4-0 in the semi -final – and will not be a fear of the leaders.
Kieran Trippier has now fired a warning in Liverpool, and insists that the team is now more “relaxed” about the final to appear in the 2023 pronouncement piece and said that the club had learned a lot of the experience – including too close to Wembley.
“Staying in the Hilton was too close, shall we say,” said Trippier after Monday's victory in West Ham. “It's about learning. The club has learned a lot the first time.
“Many more things are well organized this time. I am not saying that it was bad last time, but we were more prepared because we have been in this position now.
“We played United in the last cup final and we are more relaxed. Now we just have to judge this game [at the London Stadium] And look forward to a new special occasion against Liverpool. “
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