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Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has decided to partner Andy Carroll alongside Luis Suarez for this evening's Carling Cup tie at Stoke City.
Brazilian midfielder Lucas makes a return after suspension, but there is no place in the squad for captain Steven Gerrard.
Carroll and Suarez will be up against the hosts' centre-back pairing of Jonathan Woodgate and Ryan Shawcross at the Britannia Stadium.
Stoke: Sorensen; Huth, Shawcross, Woodgate, Wilson; Shotton, Delap, Whelan, Etherington; Jones, Walters
Liverpool: Reina; Kelly, Carragher, Coates, Agger; Spearing, Lucas, Henderson, Maxi; Carroll, Suarez
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