Liverpool will be without Jordan Henderson, Glen
Johnson and Mamadou Sakho for Thursday’s
Europa League trip to Besiktas.
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Henderson has an ankle injury, while Johnson is ill
and Sakho’s ongoing hip problem rules him out of
the tie where the Reds take a 1-0 lead to Turkey.
Captain Steven Gerrard (hamstring) and Lucas Leiva
(groin) remain sidelined.
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Besiktas’s top-scorer Demba Ba missed Sunday’s 1-0
defeat at Eskisehirspor with a calf complaint and is a
doubt.
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The loss saw Slaven Bilic’s side fall off top spot in their domestic league with Galatasaray moving above them.
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And without the suspended pair of left-back Ramon
Motta and centre-back Ersan Gulum, they too face
selection issues as they bid for a place in the last-16
at the Ataturk Stadium.
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The last time Liverpool played in the arena saw them
lift the European Cup in 2005 after an unlikely three-
goal comeback against AC Milan.
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