Galatasaray v Liverpool: Champions League – reside | Champions League

Jeremie Frimpong, the person moving into Mohamed Salah's sneakers this night, talks to Amazon. “It's my first time over right here … the environment seems to be loopy … [Galatasaray] are an awesome crew … we come right here to win … we don't wish to lose … we wish to placed on an excellent efficiency … everyone looks like we now have to carry out … soccer is my comfortable place.”

Liverpool boss Arne Slot turns up for a chat with Amazon, nearly making himself heard over a PA system cranking out banger after banger. “It's all the time particular to come back right into a stadium the place the followers are already there … these are the stadiums you wish to play in … although I'm not enjoying it's nonetheless good to be a part of it!”

Of the spectacular firework show put on by fans outside Liverpool's digs last night: “Perhaps I used to be at the back of the resort however I didn't hear it … or I slept very well!”

Then onto his crew choice: “Jeremie [Frimpong] shouldn't be enjoying as a full-back, he's enjoying on the fitting wing … we now have many video games to play in a number of days … there's one other large sport developing [in the Premier League at Chelsea] … in a lot of our video games, gamers have impacted the video games coming off the bench … Mo scored three coming off the bench in opposition to Rangers … and I do know who was the supervisor of Rangers again then, my present assistant Gio [van Bronckhorst] … so I find out about this already!”

As for his facet's defensive points: “A lot of the causes we conceded possibilities have been solely partly to do with our defence … it's not choosing up second balls … conceding possibilities from set items … dropping balls in positions if you shouldn't lose it … it's simply as a lot the midfield and the entrance three … not aggressive in second balls, duels, set-pieces.”

Slot additionally makes an extended defence of his crew's present battle with consistency of type, declaring the massive variety of new signings who must adapt, the gamers he has misplaced, and the quantity of pre-season coaching missed by the likes of Alexander Isak, Alexis Mac Allister and Conor Bradley, amongst others. He caveats all of that by declaring that Liverpool have thus far misplaced just one sport.

Galatasaray supervisor Okan Buruk – who scored a pearler for the membership in that aforementioned 3-2 win in 2006 – talks to Amazon Prime. First up, with Liverpool on the town, he's requested a couple of man with a foot in each camps, Graeme Souness, who chances are you'll bear in mind doing this after the 1996 Turkish Cup ultimate, which had been performed on Gala's Istanbul rival Fenerbahçe's turf …

“He's a legend … it was a golden objective in further time … he did an incredible factor with the flag … it was very harmful … he is likely one of the most necessary coaches in Galatastaray historical past … I like him very a lot as a coach and an individual!”

Then on Buruk's well-known objective in opposition to Liverpool …

“I scored an incredible objective … by probability I shot outdoors the field from a nook kick … all the time Galatasaray has good outcomes in opposition to Liverpool and I hope they may at the moment once more.”

And at last tonight's crew, led up entrance by Victor Osimhen. “First time after his harm, he performed ten minutes of the Turkish league sport … at the moment he'll begin … he is essential for us … additionally Mauro Icardi is essential for us … I've two large strikers however very differing types … I'll begin with Osimhen however proceed with Mauro.”

Galatasaray: Cakir, Singo, Sanchez, Bardakci, Jakobs, Lemina, Torreira, Akgun, Gundogan, Yilmaz, Osimhen.
Subs: Guvenc, Baltaci, Sallai, Gabriel Sara, Icardi, Sane, Elmali, Kutlu, Kutucu, Ayhan, Demir, Unyay.

Liverpool: Alisson, Frimpong, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Jones, Szoboszlai, Wirtz, Gakpo, Ekitike.
Subs: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Gomez, Endo, Isak, Mac Allister, Salah, Bradley, Robertson, Ngumoha.

Referee: Clement Turpin (Bourgogne).

Liverpool make 4 modifications to the XI that began (very poorly, it must be stated) the sport at Palace final Saturday. Jeremie Frimpong is available in for Conor Bradley at right-back, Curtis Jones replaces Alexis Mac Allister in midfield, and Mohamed Salah and Alexander Isak make manner for Cody Gakpo and Hugo Ekitike up entrance. All of the gamers stepping apart are named as subs.

For the hosts, Victor Osimhen begins for the primary time since getting back from harm final weekend. Mauro Icardi is on the bench, alongside former Manchester Metropolis star Leroy Sané. One other former Metropolis favorite, İlkay Gündoğan, begins, as does erstwhile Southampton, Fulham and Wolves midfielder Mario Lemina, one-time Arsenal midfielder Lucas Torreira, and ex-Spurs defender Davinson Sánchez.

Galatasaray misplaced their opening Champions League fixture 5-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt; Liverpool gained theirs 3-2 at residence to Atletico Madrid. However, Cimbom have gained all seven of their Turkish Tremendous Lig fixtures thus far, whereas Liverpool have simply misplaced their first Premier League sport of the season, snapping a run of 5 wins, at Crystal Palace. After which Galatasaray have misplaced solely three of their final 18 residence European video games, successful ten and drawing 5, whereas Liverpool have gained 13 of their final 14 Champions League group/league matches. So relying on which manner you flip, there's a stat that'll make an excellent case for both crew successful tonight. One thing's acquired to provide. Draw?

The final time Liverpool performed Galatasaray away, within the Champions League group stage in December 2006, they despatched out a crew that featured Gabriel Paletta, Danny Guthrie and Lee Peltier. They misplaced 3-2, Robbie Fowler with each of their consolations. To be truthful, it was a lifeless rubber, with Rafael Benitez's crew having already gained their group, the Turkish facet already knocked out, and Liverpool went on to achieve the ultimate. However that did occur.

Liverpool's solely different sport away at Galatasaray was additionally within the Champions League, in February 2002. They drew that one 1-1, Jari Litmanen establishing Emile Heskey, a part of a marketing campaign that regarded extremely promising till Gerard Houllier inexplicably took off Didi Hamann within the quarter-finals in opposition to Bayer Leverkusen … however that's a subject for one more day. Anyway, all of it means Liverpool are nonetheless looking for their first away victory over Gala. Will that quest finish tonight? We discover out from 8pm UK time onwards. It's on!