LIVERPOOL V WEST HAM
Saturday August 26, 12:45 Liverpool are without a host of top players for the game with West Ham. Jamie Carragher, John Arne Riise, Harry Kewell and Gabriel Paletta have been joined by Mohamed Sissoko (knee) and Stephen Warnock (ankle) on the sidlines. But Liverpool will give £10million striker Dirk Kuyt his debut, with Daniel Agger continuing in defence and Steven Gerrard returning. Provisional squad: Reina, Finnan, Hyypia, Agger, Aurelio, Luis Garcia, Gerrard, Alonso, Pennant, Bellamy, Crouch, Fowler, Kromkamp, Dudek, Gonzalez, Zenden, Sinama-Pongolle. West Ham's Yossi Benayoun and Lee Bowyer are injury doubts ahead of tomorrow's trip to Liverpool. Bowyer has a slight groin injury while Benayoun has an infected toe, though Alan Pardew hopes both will be available. With Matthew Etherington (knee) still out, Pardew is otherwise short of wide options. Provisional squad: Carroll, Green, Walker, Mears, Pantsil, Ferdinand, Gabbidon, Collins, Dailly, Konchesky, Spector, Benayoun, Mullins, Reo-Coker, Bowyer, Reid, Sheringham, Cole, Harewood, Zamora. Liverpool are without a host of top players for the game with West Ham. Jamie Carragher, John Arne Riise, Harry Kewell and Gabriel Paletta have been joined by Mohamed Sissoko (knee) and Stephen Warnock (ankle) on the sidlines. But Liverpool will give £10million striker Dirk Kuyt his debut, with Daniel Agger continuing in defence and Steven Gerrard returning. Provisional squad: Reina, Finnan, Hyypia, Agger, Aurelio, Luis Garcia, Gerrard, Alonso, Pennant, Bellamy, Crouch, Fowler, Kromkamp, Dudek, Gonzalez, Zenden, Sinama-Pongolle. West Ham's Yossi Benayoun and Lee Bowyer are injury doubts ahead of tomorrow's trip to Liverpool. Bowyer has a slight groin injury while Benayoun has an infected toe, though Alan Pardew hopes both will be available. With Matthew Etherington (knee) still out, Pardew is otherwise short of wide options. Provisional squad: Carroll, Green, Walker, Mears, Pantsil, Ferdinand, Gabbidon, Collins, Dailly, Konchesky, Spector, Benayoun, Mullins, Reo-Coker, Bowyer, Reid, Sheringham, Cole, Harewood, Zamora. |