Oliver Glasner has confirmed Chris Richards will miss Crystal Palace’s Carabao Cup tie against Liverpool.
Richards, who scored Palace’s goal in the third round penalty shootout win over London rivals Millwall, has featured in all but two games across all competitions so far this season.
This includes the Community Shield win - on penalties - over Liverpool back in August as well as the 2-1 Premier League victory against the same opposition a month ago.
However, the USMNT defender will not be in the matchday squad for the trip to Merseyside because of a calf issue sustained in the 1-0 loss to Arsenal at the weekend.
“We’ve just one issue: Chris Richards has a little bit of an issue with his calf, so he won’t make the trip to Liverpool tomorrow,” Glasner said in the pre-match press conference on Tuesday.
“All the others are fine and recovered well. The players showed at the Emirates that they are fit and they could try to get the equaliser until the final whistle, so it looks positive.”
The good news, however, is Richards is not expected to miss Saturday’s league clash at home to Brentford.
“I don’t think so at the moment, but we don’t take any risks because Chris didn’t play against AEK Larnaca – we rested him for that game – so it’s not that his load is high,” Glasner added.
“Let’s see – I can’t tell you more at the moment.”
Taking on Liverpool, again.
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In place of Richards at Anfield will be summer signing Jaydee Canvot after Glasner revealed the France U21 international and goalkeeper Walter Benitez will both start on Wednesday night.
“Jaydee will start, and also Walter Benitez will start – they are the two players I can mention today,” Glasner said.
“It’s not a gift – they deserve it. Jaydee, I spoke to him and said I don’t care about [his error against Larnaca last week], it’s part of football. He won a lot of duels, and he’s doing well in training. We trust him, and that’s why he will start tomorrow in the back three.
“Walter is the same. He’s doing so well in training, and he deserves to get some minutes as well.”
