Manchester City defeated defending champions Liverpool 3-2 in the fifth-round League Cup tie at the Etihad on Thursday night.
Uruguay striker Nunez was missing in the Nottingham Forest game due to a hamstring strain from Wednesday’s game with West Ham.
Arsenal regained their top spot on the English Premier League with a 3-2 victory over Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
“It is not easy because we have 15 senior outfield players, I think, in training. That’s obviously not cool.”
Liverpool piled on the pressure from the blast of the whistle but Palace who lost their season’s opener to Arsenal remained resilient.
Mitrovic was a thorn in the flesh of the Liverpool defence and opened the scoring with a header.
Manchester United put up an impressive performance, thrashing Liverpool 4-0 on Tuesday.
