It’s not over just yet. The Reds cannot afford to relax just yet, if they want to be involved in Europe. Even if it is only the Europa League, I am sure Rodgers would want to be involved in it to garner some worthwhile European experience.
Continental action against some very well-decorated sides of Europe and the World will not be taken for granted by the gaffer. It is a slender one goal lead that Liverpool takes into the home leg, and Hearts have already showed that overturning this deficit will not be out of their reach and with the kind of the performance that the team from Midlothian put up, don’t think that this fixture is dead.
One similar thing for both the teams was that both of the teams drew over the weekend with Liverpool ending up with a score line of 2-2 against the English Champions, Manchester City, while, Hearts had a stalemate without scoring a goal against their north eastern counterparts, Aberdeen.
Liverpool
The Reds will have to play without the Brazilian, Lucas Leiva, who is their stronghold in their midfield. They are expected to go with the a similar line-up but for a change in the defence with the Dane, Daniel Agger, expected to play in the weekends heavy-weight Premier League clash against Arsenal.
Expected Line-Up
Reina; Kelly, Coates, Carragher, Robinson; Shelvey, Spearing, Adam; Downing, Borini, Henderson
Key Players
Shelvey, Henderson, Borini
Heart of Midlothian FC
Hearts are also expected to go with the same line-up with the visitors expected to go all out for qualify for the group stages of a European competition for the first time in their history.
Expected Line-Up
McDonald; Grainger, McGowan, Barr, Webster; Zaliukas, Paterson,Taouil; Templeton, Novikovas, Sutton
Key Players
Taouil, Templeton, Novikovas, Sutton
Prediction
Liverpool FC 2-1 Heart of Midlothian FC
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