LIVERPOOL – PORTO CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 06/03/2018

LIVERPOOL – PORTO CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

After winning the first leg away with a result of 5-0, Liverpool is awaited by a pure formality. Now almost certain of reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League, will be able to play with confidence the return match against Porto, during which it will have a good chance to reiterate its superiority towards a team that appeared very competitive at home in recent months , but currently unable to express itself on high levels in the international field.

Despite the passage of the round is not in question, however, Jurgen Klopp appears willing to deploy from the first minute the attack trio composed of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mané, which has already been devastating at the match played at the Estadio Do Dragao and, more generally, put a lot of opponents in difficulty this season.

Unlike what happened on the occasion of the game of last February 14, in addition, the former coach of Borussia Dortmund will also count on Emre Can, who has now discounted his disqualification: the German midfielder, however, should be at least initially left at rest.

The Port will be devoid of four precious elements: Moussa Marega, Alex Telles, Danilo and Francisco Soares are struggling with physical problems and are not part of the list of players called by Sergio Conceiçao, former offensive of Lazio, Parma and Inter.

At Anfield Road, the guests will probably live a difficult night and will run the serious risk of suffering a new defeat at the hands of the Reds, but will at least have the opportunity to score a goal, exploiting some presumable drop in concentration by Jordan Henderson and teammates, however already habitually much more effective from the trocar up than in the management of the non-possession phase.

The probable Liverpool-Porto lineups

LIVERPOOL (4-3-3): Karius; Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, Van Dijk, Robertson; Milner, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Salah, Firmino, Mané.
PORTO (4-4-2): Casillas; Maxi Pereira, Felipe, Marcano, Ricardo; Corona, Herrera, Oliveira, Brahimi; Paciencia, Aboubakar.