Skipper Jordan Henderson is out, along with fellow midfielder Naby Keita. That means summer signings Fabinho and Xherdan Shaqiri are handed rare starts. Right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold and forward Roberto Firmino also return to the starting XI.
Liverpool forward Sadio Mane returns to the Liverpool team a week after having surgery on a hand injury. There are five changes to the side which narrowly beat Huddersfield in the Premier League this weekend.
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson, Shaqiri, Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Salah, Firmino, Mane
There are five changes to the Red Star Belgrade side who were thrashed 6-1 in Paris, thanks to that Neymar hat-trick.
But former Chelsea striker Marko Marin is absent. He scored Red Star’s first ever Champions League goal in that match against PSG.
Red Star XI: Borjan, Stojkovic, Savic, Degenek, Rodic, Krsticic, Jovitic, Marin, Causic, Simic, Ben Nabouhane
Today’s game at Anfield will have only Liverpool fans in the stands as Red Star Belgrade supporters serve a two-game ban for a pitch invasion and the setting off of fireworks during the Champions League play-offs.
Uefa’s disciplinary committee also fined Red Star £26,824 and ordered them to contact RB Salzburg to pay for damages caused by supporters.
Source: BBC News
