Gazzaniga
Alderweireld - Foyth - Vertonghen
Aurier - Eriksen - Dier - Winks - Rose
Lamela - Llorente
Bench: Lloris, KWP, Sanchez, Davies, Skipp, Nkoudou, Sterling*
Absolute bare bones here in terms of our bench. Absolutely have to go with 3 at the back. I'd go with Foyth over Sanchez, just because I think he's a lot calmer and overall the better player. Got to get Aurier or KWP back in the starting line-up, we will need their pace on the counter attack along with Rose over on the left.
Lamela and Llorente were both very disappointing against Fulham but Lamela always raises his level for these bigger games and Llorente is the CUP MAN, all of his goals bar 1 have come a cup competition for us, he needs match sharpness and he's only going to get that with games and with our injury problems, he should get that.
We are probably going to have to give our best performance of the season here I feel, especially defensively. Sarri has pretty much just put his team on blast and this game has just come at the perfect time for them. Sarri will realise Hazard doesn't work up front and put him and Hudson-Odoi on the wings and they'll put Giroud up top and hammer our box with crosses.
The atmosphere is going to be absolutely incredible for this and it's almost like a cup final in itself. We only have a 0-1 lead but I think we can get a draw. Remember, even a 1-0 loss means it goes straight to penalties, but let's not rely on that.
*A big positive would be hearing something on Lucas Moura though. I doubt he would end up being fit enough to start but having him on the bench and capable of coming on if we need a bit more pace or to change the game would be very helpful for us, if he is fit, then on the bench instead of Sterling for me.
1-1 draw.
Eriksen with our goal.