Newcastle United injury news ahead of Carabao Cup final

The latest Newcastle United injury news ahead of Sunday's Carabao Cup final with Lewis Hall and Sven Botman out and Anthony Gordon suspended.

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00:00If you look back a week and a bit ago, you had Anthony Gordon, Lewis Hall and Sven Bottmann almost available.

00:06Without them three, has the mood in Liverpool changed?

00:09Did Liverpool feel more confident not having to come up against those sort of players on Sunday?

00:15Or has it not really affected that because, as I said, you've been concentrating too much

00:20probably on the Champions League and Premier League and all that?

00:23I think at the time when it came out, it did.

00:27Obviously, everyone's seen the red cards.

00:28Anthony Gordon is a top player and caused Liverpool a problem.

00:36St James' Park, a big pitch at Wembley, you'd be fancying to try and get him behind Liverpool's defence there.

00:41So that was a big boost, as you say.

00:43Lewis Hall, everyone's seen his performance against Mo Salah at Anfield.

00:48He's been a real impressive left back.

00:52I mean, if Liverpool need a left back, and there's no disrespect for Newcastle,

00:56some people have said, well, why don't we maybe go and try to get him?

00:59I think that would be a little bit fanciful myself.

01:02But he's someone who is highly rated, as is Sven Bottmann as well.

01:06He's the leader at the back, isn't he?

01:08And he's just been unlucky, hasn't he, again with another knee issue.

01:13But now you've had these two injuries.

01:16Well, you've got the one to Trent Alexander-Arnold, obviously,

01:19Karnati coming off to maybe tip the balance a little bit more in Newcastle's favour.

01:24But, as you say, it's been sort of game, game, game, the Carabao Cup.

01:30It's been a little bit at the back of the minds, Liverpool's minds,

01:33just because it's been so hectic.

01:35Well, coming around to it now, people are looking at the team news, etc.

01:38And as I say, when all those reports came out about Lewis Hall and Bottmann,

01:43was it like, well, basically, after two days in a row, wasn't it like it came out?

01:51You did feel that it was a big boost for Liverpool at the time, definitely.