Two clubs chasing UEFA Europa League glory will do battle today in a match between Liverpool and Besiktas. The Round of 32 clash scheduled for 3:05 p.m. ET will be held at the Anfield Stadium in Liverpool and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on Fox Sports 2.
What They're Saying
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers (via Liverpool Echo): "Certainly, it wasn't the real Liverpool earlier on in the season [that played in Europe]. I was obviously hopeful that we could still be in the Champions League at this stage, but it's not to be. We're still in a very good competition. We'll attack these games in this competition like we have those in the last few months."
"We'd put in two years of work building to get through to that stage and our objectives from me personally were very clear: We wanted to make the Champions League," Rodgers added. "Of course to arrive in there not having the team and the way of working to go and play that way, it was, it was frustrating. But it's a great learning curve for us and I hope we can be in it for other years to come consistently and hopefully we can be a lot more stable and consistent with our performance."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Daniel Sturridge transformed Rodgers' newly adopted 3-4-3 system from one that created chances to one that finishes them. In six appearances across all competitions, the 25-year-old has three goals and an assist.
Liverpool's Projected Lineup (3-4-2-1): Mignolet; Sakho, Skrtel, Can; Moreno, Henderson, Allen, Ibe; Coutinho, Lallana; Sturridge
Besiktas' Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Gonen; Ramon, Gulum, Franco, Kurtulus; Kaviak, Hutchinson; Sahan, Sosa, Tore; Ba
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
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