“There are 10 more Premier League games and hopefully more European and cup games, and they are as important.
“Mo usually can play game after game, now he was out for a surprisingly long time. He’s back and we have to make sure we can really count on him consistently.”
If Salah scores tonight, he will become the first player in Liverpool history to score 20+ goals in all competitions in seven consecutive seasons.
Liverpool will be without Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota amongst others. However tonight could see the return of Dutch midfielder Ryan Gravenberch, who returned to training yesterday after being injured in the Carabao Cup final victory over Chelsea last month.
In between these two legs, both sides were involved in league action on Sunday. Liverpool drew 1-1 at home against Manchester City in a mouth-watering clash in the race for the Premier League title whilst over in Czechia, Sparta were heavily beaten 4-0 by Viktoria Plzen.
Team news to follow shortly.