Liverpool main man Sadio Mane is set to return to the side for Wednesday’s crunch Champions League clash at the ace’s former club Red Bull Salzburg.
The Reds top a competitive Group E with 10 points by one point from Napoli, with hosts Salzburg just three points off the pace.
It leaves almost no room for error for the holders, who will drop out should they lose at the Red Bull Arena.
The 11-goal Senegalese was rested for the Reds’ 4-1 Premier League win over Bournemouth, the only match he has not appeared in this season.
But boss Jurgen Klopp is sure to bring back the No.4 Ballon d’Or player in 2019 for the showdown with the club Mane won two league titles with.
Klopp hints at more changes to the team that won over the weekend with the squad on heavy rotation now, with the Champions League winners kicking off at the Club World Cup in Qatar next week.
ROTATING: Jurgen Klopp. Picture: Alastair Grant/AP.
The German says: “I loved the performance of Divock Origi [against Everton] but bringing him on just to say thank you when we have so many games.
“It was wonderful that we didn’t have to and the best part of the game was that we didn’t have to use Sadio Mane.
“He has been an all-time player in the last couple of weeks.
“We’ll see how we start...
“So we could give these two, plus Gini [Wijnaldum] and Adam [Lallana], so four players kind of a rest [against Bournemouth] and hopefully they are all fit again.”