Injured trio expected back for Reds

Liverpool hope Luis Garcia, Djimi Traore and Stephen Warnock will be fit to be included in the squad for the crucial Barclays Premiership game at home to Bolton.

All suffered knocks in the derby victory over Everton a fortnight ago, along with Fernando Morientes and Dietmar Hamann. Morientes has an outside chance of playing following a thigh injury but Hamann is out for around another three weeks with a twisted knee while Milan Baros starts a three-game ban.

Luis Garcia played a friendly for Spain against China to prove his fitness after an ankle injury but was not selected for the World Cup qualifier in Serbia. Traore came through 45 minutes of a reserve match to test his injured ankle, while Warnock has seemingly shaken off a similar injury.

Provisional squad: Dudek, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Traore, Warnock, Nunez, Luis Garcia, Gerrard, Biscan, Riise, Smicer, Morientes, Carson, Le Tallec, Potter, Welsh.