Jeremy Jacquet pings one wide for Bradley Barcola, who takes a lovely first touch. He goes inside to Trey Nyoni and the youngster tries to reverse a ball back to Barcola but puts too much on it.

LASK get in behind Kostas Tsimikas and win the corner, which Liverpool fail to clear.

Alessandro Schopf is waiting in the D for the ball to drop and it does but he can't keep the effort down.

In it comes from Kostas Tsimikas but it's catching practice for Lukas Jungwirth.

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Decent stuff from Lewis Koumas there to round Lukas Jungwirth but the angle is incredibly tight for a shot.

He does well to win a corner, though.

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LASK go short but Trey Nyoni is able to head clear at the far post.

Now danger for Liverpool as Alisson plays a loose ball and LASK jump on it to win the first corner of the game.

The first shot in anger from Liverpool as Jeremie Frimpong steps in from right-back and fires one well over the top.

Liverpool are decked out in their all-white away strip this evening as Kostas Tsimikas is tasked with wearing the captain's armband with Virgil van Dijk on the bench.

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Away we go in Austria.

Liverpool

Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola speaking to TNT Sport before kick-off on trusting young players: "For me Trey [Nyoni], [Lewis] Koumas and Rio [Ngumoha] are young players coming in from the academy but they are first team players.

"They are first team players because we trust them, and in our situation, where we have some injuries, and we come from playing three days ago. I think they can play well, and I hope they do well."

On what a convincing win would mean: "Confidence, and especially the points, because this is the Champions League and in the Champions League it's very costly, especially away from home, where we have to be ready to play very well. We won the first game, let's win today and put ourselves in a better position."

Right then, we've got some actual football to talk about in a few minutes.

The teams are out and we're currently listening to that famous Champions League anthem.

Can't beat some supercomputer predictions.

These may be before yesterday's game but here's how Opta rates each team's chances of lifting old big ears in June.

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No Austrian team has beaten an English team in European competition since Austria Vienna's 1-0 win over Arsenal in the 1991 European Cup. There have been 34 matches since, with English teams winning 27 of the games.

No pressure then, Liverpool.

For the very first time, Champions League league phase football is coming to the Raiffeisen Arena and what better opponent for LASK than six-time winners Liverpool.

LASK have never won a game in the Champions League beyond the qualifying stages, but this evening they can cause an almighty upset.

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When Manchester City played their last home game against Sunderland 24 days ago, little did the fans know what was coming.

It has felt like a long time since then, hasn't it?

A three-week international break and a guilty verdict of breaches of the Premier League's financial rules later, here we are.

City have, of course, appealed against the decision but while we wait for the result of that appeal and any possible sanctions, the show must go on.

Remember, the rule breaches are in relation to the Premier League, not the Champions League.

Steven Gerrard
Former England and Liverpool captain on The Overlap

Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard on Florian Wirtz...

I can just picture him beating himself up on how his Liverpool thing has started. This kid is a major talent in my opinion. I've seen enough to believe and give him a chance. I think he needs help and support now.

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