Jurgen Klopp admits he’s excited to be giving his young players their first taste of Anfield when they face Exeter City in The Emirates FA Cup.
The Liverpool boss selected a young team during their initial game at St James Park in the third round proper 11 days ago, when a 2-2 draw secured a replay.
And Klopp says he expects to name a similarly junior line-up for Wednesday’s game, with the winners facing West Ham United at home in the fourth round.
Liverpool v Exeter City
The Emirates FA Cup
Third Round Proper
8pm, Wednesday 20 January 2016
Anfield, Liverpool
Live on BT Sport
Winners receive £67,500 from prize fund
"It will be a similar team to last time," revealed the German, who believes his young guns will be ready to perform on the big stage at Anfield.
"You never can be sure and I don't want to put too much pressure on their shoulders because they are young but it’s another situation.
"The pitch [at St James Park] was really difficult and bad for both teams and Exeter did better on this pitch but maybe they were a little more used to it.
"Now, we play at Anfield so I would say we don't have to think too much about the first game.
"It's a big chance for us to show the young boys that we trust them and it's really important, it's a real competition against a good team.
"It's the experience we need to play and all of the players are very excited, for a lot of them it's the first time in the starting line-up at Anfield.
"Anfield is a special place for footballers all over the world and I’m really looking forward to it for them and I’m happy for them to get this opportunity.
Emirates FA Cup highlights: Exeter City 2-2 Liverpool
"Hopefully we can create an atmosphere from outside to help the boys and we can go to the next round."
Despite largely having to dip into his Under-21 squad for their two FA Cup games so far this season, the former Borussia Dortmund boss insists it remains one of their top priorities this term.
The Reds are awaiting their League Cup semi-final second leg against Stoke City and remain firmly mid-table in the Premier League.
So Klopp is hoping his second-string will have enough to help Liverpool into the fourth round against Paul Tisdale’s League Two side.
"We will do everything [to progress]," he added.
"I can tell you, if someone thinks we’re playing with the team we will play because we don’t think The FA Cup is the most important competition it would be the biggest misunderstanding in the world.
"We want to go to the next round, but it is not easy – we saw that at Exeter – but it’ll be a different game.
"We’ll try to take the chance to go to the next round and then we have the next game at Norwich."
