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No messing from Klopp. And a powerful vote of confidence for Naby Keïta, whose improved recent form earns him a start at his former club ahead of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Salzburg: Stankovic; Nissen, Onguéné, Wöber, Ulmer; Szoboszlai, Junozovic, Minamino, Mwepu; Hwang, Haaland 12.14pm GMT
Hello. Welcome to a match that
Liverpool never wanted to matter. The European champions were expected to have wrapped up qualification for the knockout stages by now. Instead they travel to Austria at risk of becoming only the second holders in the
Champions League era – after
Chelsea in 2012 - to be eliminated in the group phase. Nobody wants to be like Chelsea.
The risk is real. Salzburg are free-scoring buccaneers with boundless energy and a genuine prodigy up front: 19-year-old Erling Braut Haalann, scorer of 28 goals in 21 matches so far this season, including eight in his five group games so far. That includes the one he hit when these sides met at Anfield, when Liverpool cantered into a 3-0 lead before being slapped repeatedly across the chops and waking up in time to prevail 4-3. That lesson should serve Liverpool well today. There’s unlikely to be any complacency from Jürgen Klopp’s team and the manager, surely, will deploy his full-strength side after giving key players time off in their last two
Premier League matches.