Three Fail To Make The Cut

While Scott Parker will return after suspension for Amady Faye, Souness is happy to go with the rest of the midfield that did so well in Sunday's fine 3-0 victory at Blackburn Rovers.

Souness said today: "I have decided not to risk Emre, Kieron Dyer or Nobby Solano and give them more time. If it had been a Cup semi-final or final then we would probably have sent them out.

"But we want to make sure they are all 100 per cent and the last thing I want to do is play them and watch them break down again and have another month on the sidelines."