Having both come up trumps in their recent FA Cup third-round ties, Liverpool and Fulham seek another knockout scalp in the first round of their EFL Cup semi-final on Wednesday evening.
The Reds welcome the Cottagers to Anfield on the back of a smash-and-grab 2-0 win over Arsenal in the FA Cup, while Marco Silva's crop overcame Rotherham United 1-0 to reach round four.
With Virgil van Dijk absent due to illness and Mohamed Salah preparing to compete for Africa Cup of Nations glory, Liverpool could have easily been two or three goals down at the break, but as Arsenal tried and failed time and time again to breach Alisson Becker's net, the Reds ruthlessly punished their hosts through a Jakub Kiwior own goal and Luis Diaz injury-time strike.
By travelling home from North London with a stellar success under their belt, the Reds are once again fighting for a quadruple of honours at this juncture - Premier League and Europa League supremacy are very much realistic aims - and the Merseyside giants will be turning out in the EFL Cup semi-finals for a record 19th time this week.
The nine-time winners have sent Leicester City, Bournemouth and West Ham United packing to reach the last four - albeit while failing to keep a clean sheet in any of those contests - and from their eight previous semi-final first legs at home, the Reds have never been defeated.
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