Liverpool team news: Injury, suspension list vs. Leicester City

Liverpool will endeavour to stretch their winning run across all tournaments to seven games when they host Leicester City in Wednesday's EFL Cup third-round tie.

The Reds' purple patch continued at the weekend with a 3-1 success over West Ham United, where Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota all made the net ripple at Anfield.

Jurgen Klopp's men entered the 2022-23 EFL Cup as defending champions, but they lost their grip on the crown in the fourth round, losing 3-2 to Manchester City at the Etihad.

Here, Sports Mole rounds up Liverpool's latest injury and suspension news ahead of their meeting with the Foxes, who sit top of the Championship table with seven wins from eight matches so far.

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Status: Major doubt Type of injury: Hamstring Possible return date: September 27 (vs. Leicester City)

Trent Alexander-Arnold went off with a hamstring injury in Liverpool's 3-0 triumph over Aston Villa before the international break and was not available for the victory over West Ham, but he might be able to return to the matchday squad here after taking part in team training this week.

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Status: Out Type of injury: Hip Possible return date: October 5 (vs. Union SG)

Thiago Alcantara is slowly rehabilitating from a setback in his recovery from a hip injury, but the Spaniard is yet to return to team training and may take another couple of weeks to get back to full fitness.

Liverpool have no players suspended for this match.