Team newsConfirmed Liverpool line-up v Bayer Leverkusen
By James Carroll at Anfield
Luis Diaz and Curtis Jones return to the starting line-up for the league-phase fixture, replacing Darwin Nunez and Dominik Szoboszlai in the only alterations from the weekend.
Liverpool: Kelleher, Van Dijk, Konate, Diaz, Mac Allister, Salah, Jones, Gakpo, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Alexander-Arnold.
Subs: Jaros, Davies, Gomez, Endo, Szoboszlai, Nunez, Robertson, Quansah, Morton, Bradley.
By James Carroll at Anfield
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