Match Previews

Held to an away scoreless draw by Spezia. Travel to Liverpool without Pasalic, Depaoli, Malinovskyi, Caldara and Sutalo. Djimsiti, Hateboer, Muriel and Mojica should be fine.

Were put under some pressure by Spezia right at the start but then took command of the operations. Were not particularly dangerous in the first half but created several dangers after the break, lacking the finishing touch.

Ilicic is still a pale image of the player admired in the past. Gomez was not bright enough. Pasalic came on and missed 2 chances at the end. Gosens set his foot in all the dangers created. Romero dominated Nzola physically.

Just 1 win out of the last 6 overall. Failed to score in 2 out of the last 3 - while they had scored in all the previous games. Will be travelling to Liverpool, having won 4 and lost 1 on the road, with 15 goals scored and 8 conceded overall, all competitions considered.

Have won 1, drawn 1 and lost 1 in the previous rounds of the competition.

Caldara is out. Mojica, Muriel, Hateboer and Djimsiti all failed to play last time out but should have only been rested. Depaoli picked up a problem at the weekend and is unavailable such as Pasalic.

Malinovskyi has been dealing with Covid 19.

Sutalo is ineligible.

One between Muriel and Ilicic should start up-front. Romero represents the alternative to Palomino at the back.

Due to a delay of their flight, will not be able to hold the last training before the match.

This is the first time ever they travel to Liverpool. However, they travelled to England twice and they won 1 and lost 1, with 6 goals scored and 6 conceded overall.

We, especially in defense, have been very careful. We built several dangerous situations, but we didn't manage to score. Technically it wasn't a good performance, but the team did theirs.

November is your black month in your career. "I don't know, obviously there is something repeating itself. This year is completely different, as I said before we started in October and I would have expected it later this black month".

It is clear that compared to the match in Bergamo we should be better, we must not make the mistakes that led to such a broad and clear result. We know their value, we have the confidence to be able to give less obvious situations like in the first leg match.

Set pieces have always been your strength. "There have been periods in which we have exploited these situations well, but this statistic changes: sometimes there are periods in which you do it less, we will try to better treat set piece situations because they weigh a lot, we must undoubtedly improve in this respect ".