Jose Enrique is tipping his old club to clinch the season's first piece of silverware by beating Chelsea on Sunday to win the Carabao Cup.
The Spanish defender was a League Cup winner with the Reds in 2012, and speaking to Grosvenor Sport believes Jurgen Klopp's men will lift the trophy once again, despite several injuries ruling out some key players.
“It's a difficult one to predict with all the injuries – for both Liverpool and Chelsea,” he said.
“However, I think Liverpool are going to win – they have a better team than Chelsea and have a lot of players who have already won trophies with the club throughout the past few years. I definitely think Liverpool will win and I’m going with 2-1.
“Liverpool won’t be worried about their squad going into the game – they can beat Chelsea even [with] all their injuries. Let’s see if Mohamed Salah is available as that will make a massive difference to the team, especially with Diogo Jota currently out.
"Against Luton there were a lot of youth players on the bench, which is great to see, but in a cup final you want as much experience throughout the squad as possible. Nobody can control this level of injuries – it’s just crazy. "
A win on Sunday would be the first of four trophies Liverpool could land this season, but Enrique still has doubts about the club's squad depth and would have liked to have seen some additions made in January.
Adding, “I said this before, the club needed to sign two players in January to make sure the squad was in good shape for the second half of the season. Conor Bradley has done really well at right back, but they could have done with another top holding midfielder, even if Endo has been performing well of late.”
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