Overview
- Liverpool face Galatasaray in Istanbul today at 8 p.m. BST at RAMS Park, with streaming on Amazon Prime in the UK.
- Arne Slot confirmed Federico Chiesa sustained a minor niggle against Crystal Palace, failed to finish training, and is not in the 21-man travelling squad.
- Giovanni Leoni remains sidelined long term with an ACL injury and U21 striker Jayden Danns is out of the trip pending tests, reducing depth options.
- Slot urged his team to give everything and address defensive lapses, while praising Galatasaray as a very good side despite their 5-1 loss at Eintracht Frankfurt and highlighting set-piece importance.
- Liverpool began the league-phase campaign by beating Atlético Madrid 3-2 with Virgil van Dijk’s 92nd-minute header before suffering their first season loss at Crystal Palace.