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Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will be rested with a must-win Capital One Cup semi-final second leg on Tuesday.

Midfielder Jordan Rossiter, 17, will be involved in some capacity, while Glen Johnson, Joe Allen and Mario Balotelli may feature after resuming training.

Bolton are set to start with former Liverpool striker Emile Heskey alongside Eidur Gudjohnsen in attack.

Lee Chung-yong (leg), Craig Davies (hamstring), Marc Tierney (ankle), Mark Davies & Max Clayton (knee) are out.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers believes playmaker Philippe Coutinho has come into his own in the last few weeks.

"He was outstanding the other night," Rodgers said of Coutinho. "He is that bit of magic who makes that last pass in the final third.

"Last year he had [Luis] Suarez and [Daniel] Sturridge to make those passes to but he hasn't had that [this season].

"Up until six or seven weeks ago he didn't have that ability to make the threaded pass through. Once we had that bit of mobility and speed and movement at the top end of the field - and the others around him - that has really helped him."

Bolton manager Neil Lennon is happy to place Bolton's FA Cup prospects in the hands of a couple of veteran performers this weekend as Heskey and Gudjohnsen head to Anfield aiming to turn back the clock.

"There is this myth once you hit 30 [that it's all downhill]; it's absolute rubbish," he stressed. "I've played against Maldini, Costacurta, Scholes, Xavi - all in their mid-30s."

"There's no doubt that Emile and Eidur have certainly made us better."