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Liverpool's Kaide Gordon and Tyler Morton plan outlined for Carabao Cup final with Chelsea

Pep Lijnders has confirmed that both Kaide Gordon and Tyler Morton will be part of Liverpool's travelling squad for Sunday's Carabao Cup final.

And the assistant boss believes it is only right to have the two youngsters on board with the senior players - even if they are unlikely to feature in the match-day 20 against Chelsea.

Both players made their senior Liverpool debuts in the 3-0 win against Norwich in round three back in September with Gordon starting before Morton was introduced as a half-time substitute for Naby Keita.

Morton then started the fourth round at Preston and against Leicester in the quarter-final before Gordon was named in the side for the first leg of the semi-final against Arsenal in January.

Lijnders says it is important that both are recognised for their efforts by travelling with the rest of the team down to London this weekend.

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"First of all we speak a lot with them so it is not that we do something different," Lijnders said.

"They know and they feel that they are our talents and part of our squad.

"What's important is that they travel with us, or at least the ones who are constantly with the first team.

"So that means Tyler and Kaide, even when they don't reach the squad, they will travel.

"If I say another name now, Jurgen will change it and you guys will blame me!

"If you're part of Liverpool FC, you don't get a better or worse feeling if you are selected or not.

"You get a feeling from the people you are working with and not just the coaching staff, it is all of us.

"We believe in this inside pathway to bring talent and give chances and that is why I am extra proud that we reached the final of this competition but this competition is all about the journey and we made the final."

The Dutch coach added: "I think when we started this project, we came to the conclusion that the way to be successful in the schedule of English football and all these competitions is just to focus on the next game.

"And our group created this mentality that each next game is a final because otherwise we could never have reached the levels we have reached or the special moments we've reached.

"We see every game as a final so literally nothing has changed. So if we speak about Leicester or Norwich or the Premier League or Cup games, nothing there changes.

"We always prepare well, make a lineup that is the best to play our intense way of football and then we want to attack match-days. We keep the same routines.

"As you've seen over the last few years, we really see each game as a final and you have to believe me when I say this."

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