The teams are in as City bid to overturn the one goal deficit from Liverpool's 1-0 victory at The Etihad Stadium a fortnight ago.

In somewhat of a surprise, Roberto Mancini has not started with Sergio Aguero, instead bringing in Aleksandar Kolarov to bolster the midfield numbers whilst Nigel de Jong returns to the side in place of James Milner:

#MCFC team to face @LFC - Hart, Richards, Savic, Lescott, Zabaleta, De Jong, Barry, Silva, Kolarov, Nasri, Dzeko #CarlingCup

— Manchester City FC (@MCFC) January 25, 2012

LIVERPOOL: Reina, Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Enrique, Gerrard, Henderson, Adam, Downing, Kuyt, Bellamy #mcfc

— Stuart Brennan (@StuBrennanMEN) January 25, 2012

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