RANGERS continue their UEFA Champions League group stage campaign as they host Liverpool at Ibrox.
HISTORY
Liverpool are one of the most decorated club sides in the history of football, racking up six European Cup crowns with their latest coming back in 2019.
The Reds have won 19 league titles, eight FA Cups and nine League Cups, winning both domestic knockout trophies last season after defeating Chelsea in both finals.
Jurgen Klopp’s side have reached the final of the Champions League three times in the last five seasons, losing out narrowly to Real Madrid in the final in Paris last time out.
CURRENT FORM
Liverpool currently sit 10th in the Premier League table and travel to Glasgow off the back of a 3-2 defeat to league leaders Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium at the weekend.
However, the Reds have responded with two wins in a row in Group A after tasting defeat in their opening group stage fixture in Naples, with the Anfield club currently sitting second behind Napoli in the standings.
MANAGER
Jurgen Klopp was appointed Liverpool manager in October 2015 and has transformed the club’s fortunes, ending their absence from the Champions League before finally pipping Manchester City to the Premier League title in 2019/20.
The German cut his teeth in management at Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga, before earning a move to Borussia Dortmund in 2008. Klopp lifted the league title with the club in successive seasons while also leading them to the Champions League final at Wembley in 2013, suffering late heartbreak against Bayern Munich.
STYLE OF PLAY
Klopp is a proponent of gegenpressing and his Liverpool side are renowned for their relentless defensive intensity from the front.
The Reds typically line up in a 4-3-3 formation with emphasis on attacking creation from their full-backs, although the German has experimented with a 4-2-3-1 in recent weeks.
KEY PLAYER
Mohamed Salah is likely to go down in history as one of Liverpool’s greatest ever players, with the Egyptian coming off the back of a goalscoring campaign in the Premier League where he shared the Golden Boot with Tottenham’s Heung-min Son.
Salah has netted over 100 goals in fewer than 200 appearances for the Reds since arriving from AS Roma in 2017, bewitching defences in England with his blend of speed and trickery.
PREVIOUS MEETINGS
Last week’s clash at Anfield marked the first time that these two sides have met in European competition, with Liverpool running out 2-0 winners on the night.
Trent Alexander-Arnold opened the scoring for the Reds with a free-kick in the first half, before Mohamed Salah doubled his side’s advantage from the penalty spot shortly into the second period.
PLAYER LINKS
Several former Rangers players have donned the red of Liverpool over the years, none more famous than Graeme Souness.
The midfielder won the European Cup on three separate occasions for the Reds, later making the move to Ibrox as a player-manager in 1986 and helping restore the Light Blues to the summit of the Scottish game.
Some other notable links between the two clubs include former Rangers manager Steven Gerrard, as well as Mark Walters, Ryan Kent, Danny Wilson, Ben Davies, Gregory Vignal and Sotirios Kyrgiakos.
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