After departure mohamed salah At home, Liverpool will need to show they can win without the Egyptian forward as Arne Slott’s side face Inter Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday.
On a night where Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Tottenham will play, all eyes are on Liverpool after Salah said on Saturday: “It feels like the club threw me under the bus.” Liverpool’s response was to remove him from the squad for the trip to Italy.
Liverpool’s recent poor form has made it more likely that Inter will pick up their fifth win in six games. A victory for 13th-placed Liverpool would put Slott’s team back in the race for a top-eight seed for a place in the knockout stages.
Barcelona, who lost 3-0 to Chelsea in the final match of the Champions League, will aim to make amends at home against struggling Eintracht Frankfurt. That will also require the absence of defender Ronald Araujo, who is suspended for personal reasons after receiving a red card against Chelsea.
Seventh-placed Chelsea visit Atalanta looking to further strengthen their position in the top eight, with a four-game unbeaten run in the Champions League and a direct place into the round of 16. Bayern can secure their fifth win in the league stage by defeating Sporting Lisbon in an early kick-off.
Tottenham, who lost 5-3 to Paris Saint-Germain in their last match, have an easier task facing Czech side Slavia Prague. Atlético Madrid will visit PSV Eindhoven, Monaco will host Galatasaray and Union Saint Giroise will face Marseille.
Kazakhstan’s Kairat Almaty will host Greece’s Olympiakos, with the match starting at 1530 GMT (10:30 a.m. ET), an unusually early time slot.
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