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EFL Cup | Round of 16
Nov 1, 2023 at 7.45pm UK
Vitality Stadium
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Bournemouth
1 - 2
Liverpool

Kluivert (64')
Kerkez (53'), Scott (55'), Iraola (66')
FT(HT: 0-1)
Gakpo (31'), Nunez (70')
Gakpo (55')

Team News: Luis Diaz misses out for Liverpool against Bournemouth

Team News: Luis Diaz misses out for Liverpool against Bournemouth
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Liverpool attacker Luis Diaz is absent from the Reds' squad for their EFL Cup fourth-round tie with Bournemouth, as Cody Gakpo returns to the first XI.

Liverpool attacker Luis Diaz is absent from the Reds' squad for their EFL Cup fourth-round tie with Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium.

The Colombia international misses a second game in a row following his parents' kidnap in his homeland, having also sat out the weekend's Premier League win over Nottingham Forest a few hours after the news broke.

Diaz's mother has been found, and an extensive search is underway to rescue his father, but the former Porto man was advised not to travel to Colombia out of fear for his own safety.

Nevertheless, Jurgen Klopp has made eight changes from the victory over Forest, with only Kostas Tsimikas, Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai holding their spots in the starting XI.

Szoboszlai will seemingly join Salah and the recalled Cody Gakpo in the visitors' front three, while Curtis Jones slots straight into the midfield after returning from his three-game domestic suspension.

Meanwhile, Cherries boss Andoni Iraola has made three changes from his side's beating of Burnley at the weekend, as Adam Smith, Milos Kerkez and Justin Kluivert come back into the starting lineup.

Defender Marcos Senesi has recovered from the knock that kept him out of the clash with the Clarets, but the Argentine is only named among the substitutes.

Bournemouth: Radu; Smith, Mepham, Zabarnyi, Kerkez; Scott, Billing; Christie, Semenyo, Kluivert; Solanke
Subs: Plain, Aarons, Senesi, Rothwell, Traore, Brooks, Ouattara, Tavernier, Moore

Liverpool: Kelleher; Gomez, Matip, Quansah, Tsimikas; Elliott, Endo, Jones; Salah, Gakpo, Szoboszlai
Subs: Adrian, Van Dijk, Konate, Nunez, Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Jota, Scanlon, Alexander-Arnold

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