Mauricio Pochettino has snubbed the temptation to make changes to his team and has kept faith with Serbian goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic in post despite Robert Sanchez returning to full fitness.
The former New England Revolution joined Chelsea for £11.8 million in the summer but not even he would have envisaged he'd be playing in the League Cup three months later.
He benefitted from the injury to Sanchez in December and has barely looked back. The last few games have been impressive with Chelsea defying the odds to travel to Villa Park and beat Unai Emery's side to progress in the FA Cup.
They then showed character to come from a goal behind and beat Crystal Palace before being incredibly unlucky not to leave the Etihad with all three points after being denied by a late Rodri strike. Before that, they had a chance to go 2-0 in the game they dominated massively.
Ahead of today's game the Chelsea boss also hinted he might bring in Thiago Silva but he's kept faith with Levi Colwill in defence as he goes in search of his personal first trophy on English soil and the club's first trophy under new owners. Silva left out entirely.
Liverpool beat Chelsea 4-1 when they met a couple of weeks ago at Anfield but Chelsea have turned the corner since and Liverpool have injuries to regular starters including Mohamed Salah, and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
There was also a temptation to recall French forward Christopher Nkunku, but Pochettino has decided otherwise. Here is the team the Argentinian manager has put out to try and win the title.
1. Robert Sanchez
Gets back for the first time since December. | Getty Images
2. Axel Disasi
Another who gets to keep his spot from Wembley | AFP via Getty Images
3. Trevoh Chalobah
Gets his first start of the season. | Getty Images for Premier League
4. Malo Gusto
He's absolute monster and has settled in so well here. | AFP via Getty Images