Liverpool face Newcastle in Sunday's Carabao Cup final and a lifting the trophy would go a long way to healing the pain of Tuesday's Champions League exit at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain

There is nothing in a widely-reported meeting between Nasser Al-Khelaifi and Van Dijk following Liverpool's Champions League exit to Paris Saint-Germain. It was not planned at all. Al-Khelaifi simply embraced Van Dijk before the pair expressed mutual respect. The Ligue 1 table-toppers' sporting director Luis Campos then joined for a brief chat.