Liverpool vs Accrington Stanley LIVE: FA Cup staff information and line-ups as minnows tackle Premier League leaders

It’s that time of year where Premier League managers get totally frustrated over the constant questions about possible incomings and outgoings.

Arne Slot is no different but perhaps has a calmer demeanour than most. He said: “What I make of that is it is January. I think I said it after the West Ham game that don’t disappoint me, please come up with all these clubs and all these players that are in the interest from us or the ones that don’t play a lot for us are going to go somewhere else.

“Yeah, that’s what’s happening now. Nine out of 10 times, 99 times out of 100 times in the end of the window, it’s been clear that almost all of these stories weren’t true.

“So, what can I comment about it? That the rumours keep going for it, but no comments from my side.”

Today is a big day for Accrington Stanley with the League Two club getting the chance to play at Anfield. It will be a special experience for the players in the fourth tier and they’ll want to savour it.

Stanley manager John Doolan said: “I want them to enjoy the occasion and take everything in. These are the things you have to remember when you go there. It might never, ever happen again for these lads. It might never, ever happen again for the club.

“But the thing about it is that you do have to go and enjoy it, but we want to go there and give a good account of ourselves as a team, as individuals, as staff, as a club and as supporters. We want to do that and we want to do it right.

“Ultimately, we’re a professional club, so we want to try to get ourselves in the next round. We know how big the task is. They might have an off day, we might have an unbelievable day and Lady Luck is with us. You just never know. It’s the magic of the cup.”

“Everyone is fit, which is amazing. So, happy days!” said Accrington Stanley manager John Doolan in his pre-match press conference.

On choosing his starting XI for the match, he added: “I want to play! It’s difficult, but at the end of the day me and Ged Brannan [assistant manager] will pick a team and it can’t be picked on sentiment.

“It has got to be picked on lads training well and lads when they get the shirt, keeping the shirt and doing the job. But that’s a bridge we’ll have to cross.”

Arne Slot is expecting both Jarell Quansah and Dominik Szoboszlai to be available for Liverpool for today’s FA Cup tie with Accrington Stanley.

Speakign ahead of the match the Liverpool boss said: “Dom trained with the U21s yesterday.

“Jarell, like I said, he was a bit ill last week. As a result of that I had to take him off during the game, but I’m expecting him to be available.”

Stanley sit 19th in English football’s fourth tier, while Slot’s Liverpool are top of the Premier League and Champions League.

“Every team against us is a special occasion for every team, but especially a lower league team, so they will be all up for it. They have lived this game for weeks probably… so we need to bring the best out of ourselves,” Slot told reporters on Friday (10 January).

Even with a much-changed starting eleven, Arne Slot’s side should ease through this tie without a great deal of trouble.

Liverpool 4-0 Accrington Stanley.

Predicted Liverpool XI: Kelleher; Bradley, Quansah, Tsimikas, Robertson; Endo, Morton; Chiesa, Elliott, Diaz; Nunez.

Predicted Accrington XI: Crellin; Love, Rawson, Awe, Woods; Martin, Khumbeni; Woods, Hunter, Whalley; Walton.

For Liverpool, Joe Gomez will likely remain sidelined for this match, meaning that Slot may need to get creative at centre-back if he wants to avoid playing both Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk.

Conor Bradley and Kostas Tsimikas will likely keep their places in the side after the match against Spurs, while Wataru Endo should come into midfield as Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister get a rest.

Expect a full change in the forward line too, with Mo Salah, Curtis Jones and Cody Gakpo likely dropping out for Federico Chiesa and Harvey Elliott in some combination. In addition, expect Darwin Nunez to start upfront, with Diogo Jota potentially moving to the wing.

Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the match live on ITV 1, with coverage starting at 11.30am GMT.

Subscribers will also be able to stream the match online on ITVX.

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Liverpool vs Accrington Stanley will kick off at 12.15pm GMT on Saturday, 11 January at Anfield in Liverpool, England.