Liverpool XI vs LASK: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Champions League today

With this being Liverpool’s second of nine games in a 28-day period, Iraola is keen to freshen up the side

“You don’t have a lot of time to train,” the Spaniard said in the pre-match news conference. “You try to prepare the games now a lot of times just with the videos and the tactics boards, just a little bit outside.

“You have to prioritise the freshness of the players. Especially now we are playing four games in 10 days, it’s keeping all the legs, all the energy in the games.

“But in cases like Bradley [Barcola] especially, who has been probably the last one to arrive, the more he plays and the more he gets connections with the ones around him, the better he will become.”

Ruled out: Dominik Szoboszlai

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However, with Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo all failing to recover from their respective knocks in time to be available for selection, Iraola’s options are limited.

“We are taking it day to day,” he added. “Probably I think the three of them are not far, I would say. But it’s going to be… I don’t know if they are going to be ready for Brentford, for Villarreal, for Brighton, I don’t know. I don’t really know.”

Taking into account the short turnaround between two away games for Liverpool this week, there could be some rotation in defence. Jeremy Jacquet shook off a hamstring strain to start against Man City but could be rested and Jeremie Frimpong might get a start at right-back.

Predicted Liverpool XI: Alisson; Frimpong, Gomez, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Mac Allister, Gravenberch; Munoz, Wirtz, Barcola; Koumas