The first two have not featured since February 6 because of calf and hamstring problems while the Reds' Slovakian centre-back has been sidelined since mid-December, although fellow defender Dejan Lovren has recovered from illness earlier this week.
Jurgen Klopp made just one change for Thursday's Europa League win over Augsburg and with Lucas Leiva occupying a role in defence in that game the manager has to decide whether to swap him with a genuine centre-back or a midfielder.
Wilfried Bony and Jesus Navas are expected to return to Manchester City's squad for the Capital One Cup final against Liverpool at Wembley.
The pair, along with defender Eliaquim Mangala - who has not played since early January but was an unused substitute in Kiev on Wednesday - all trained fully on Friday. City boss Manuel Pellegrini is hopeful captain Vincent Kompany, ex-Reds winger Raheem Sterling and Bacary Sagna will be fine to feature after undergoing recovery sessions away from the main group.
Goalkeeper Willy Caballero will start between the sticks and Bersant Celina, Manu Garcia and Aleix Garcia could all be in the squad, although Fabian Delph, Kevin De Bruyne and Samir Nasri are all long-term absentees.
Liverpool squad: Mignolet, Clyne, Toure, Sakho, Moreno, Lucas, Henderson, Milner, Firmino, Coutinho, Sturridge, Ward, Flanagan, Lovren, Can, Teixeira, Benteke, Origi, Ibe, Lallana.
Man City squad: Hart, Caballero, Gunn, Wright, Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Otamendi, Mangala, Kolarov, Clichy, Sagna, Toure, Fernando, Fernandinho, Silva, Sterling, Navas, M Garcia, A Garcia, Celina, Aguero, Iheanacho, Bony.
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