Alonso out for Bolton

Bolton's Marcos Alonso has become the latest Bolton defender to be hit by the club’s injury jinx ahead of the trip to Liverpool.

The former Real Madrid man faces eight to 12 weeks out after suffering a broken metatarsal in the Carling Cup victory over Macclesfield.

He joins Tyrone Mears (broken leg), Sam Ricketts (Achilles) and Gretar Steinsson on the sidelines, although the Icelander could come into contention for the visit to Anfield after suffering bruising to his foot against Manchester City.

Tuncay Sanli will hope to retain his starting role after scoring on his debut against Macclesfield in midweek, but Ricardo Gardner may miss out again as he struggles to overcome a groin problem.

Provisional squad: Bogdan, Steinsson, Robinson, Cahill, Muamba, Eagles, Tuncay, Petrov, Gardner, Knight, Kevin Davies, Mark Davies, Klasnic, Reo-Coker, Blake, Pratley, Jaaskelainen, Davies, Wheater, Connolly, Blakeman.