Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper has vowed whoever steps in to replace the injured Scott McKenna against Liverpool will be ready.
The centre-back is facing up to five weeks on the sidelines with a hamstring problem, having been forced off in Wednesday night’s victory over QPR. That came after the Reds had already been hit with the loss of Steve Cook and Max Lowe for six weeks, when they suffered ankle and groin injuries respectively in last weekend’s thumping of Reading.
Tobias Figueiredo came into the back line to replace Cook in midweek and is expected to get a run-out again for the FA Cup quarter-final on Sunday, alongside Joe Worrall. Forest have Loic Mbe Soh and January signing Jonathan Panzo as other centre-backs on the books - although both have struggled for game time - while midfielder Ryan Yates has also dropped into a three-man defence before. Cooper also has the option of switching to four at the back.
