Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is hopeful Martin Odegaard, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Emile Smith Rowe will face Liverpool in the Carabao Cup semi-final on Thursday.

The trio all missed the first leg of the semi-final, which ended in a 0-0 draw.

Asked about all three returning, Arteta told reporters: They are three cases that for different reasons haven’t been able to play for us in recent weeks.

“And we are trying to change and raise the levels of the players in the best possible way to compete tomorrow.”