Liverpool team news vs Aston Villa – Steven Gerrard & Lazar Markovic start

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Will this be the team that leads us to yet another FA Cup final…?

Steven Gerrard and Lazar Markovic are the two players who have got the nod from Brendan Rodgers for today’s FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa, while Martin Skrtel also returns from suspension.

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There is no place for Adam Lallana, Daniel Sturridge and Mamadou Sakho, who are all out through injury. They are joined on the sidelines by Lucas Leiva, who was ruled out just hours before kick-off.

Rodgers has stuck with his 4-3-3 formation with Emre Can reverting to right-back in place of Glen Johnson, who is on the bench. The German starts alongside Skrtel, Dejan Lovren and Alberto Moreno in defence.

Gerrard replaced Lucas in the midfield trio and will start alongside Joe Allen and Jordan Henderson, while Markovic plays up top with Philippe Coutinho and Raheem Sterling.

After missing the last couple of games with illness, Mario Balotelli returns to the bench, where he’s joined by fellow strikers Fabio Borini and Rickie Lambert, who both scored against Aston Villa in the league game earlier this year.

The full teams can be seen below:

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