Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher is a big admirer of next opponents Birmingham City.
Birmingham will journey to Merseyside as the League Cup holders having defeated Arsenal in dramatic circumstances at Wembley earlier this year - and Carragher knows they will pose a stern test.
"It was a great thing for them in winning the League Cup against Arsenal," he told liverpoolfc.tv. "The position they were in a few weeks ago, you wouldn't associate Birmingham with being near the bottom three, but they've clawed themselves out of it.
"They're not a team who you'd think would go down because they've got such a great home record, they're very good defensively, very tough to beat and they give everyone they play a tough game."
