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Make-or-break time for injury-hit Liverpool in Lyon
Liverpool has lost six of its last seven matches in all competitions, including the 2-1 home defeat by Lyon two weeks ago, and their hopes of reaching the knockout stage will be hanging by a thread if it loses at Stade Gerland. Lyon tops Group E with nine points from its three matches and will qualify for the last 16 if it wins.
Fiorentina, which hosts bottom side Debrecen, are second with six points, followed by Liverpool (3), and the Hungarians (0).
Liverpool, which has won the European Cup five times and have reached at least the quarterfinals for the last three seasons, has shown nothing like that kind of form this term, having lost eight of its 16 games in all competitions.
Their Spain striker Fernando Torres, replaced after 63 minutes despite scoring in Saturday’s 3-1 Premier League defeat at Fulham is likely to play in pain with an adductor muscle injury suffered on international duty last month.
Jamie Carragher, sent off at Fulham along with Philipp Degen, said afterwards: “These are tough times, and it hurts. “We made up for a few things last week by beating Manchester United, but we have had two defeats since.”
Lyon bounced back from two league defeats by winning 1-0 at archrival St Etienne on Saturday and is second in the French title race, two points behind Girondins Bordeaux.
Today’s fixtures at a glance
Group E: Fiorentina vs. Debrecen; Olympique Lyon vs. Liverpool. Group F: Rubin Kazan vs. Barcelona; Dynamo Kiev vs. Inter Milan. Group G: Unirea Urziceni vs. Rangers; Sevilla vs. VfB Stuttgart. Group H: Arsenal vs. AZ Alkmaar; Standard Liege vs. Olympiakos Piraeus.
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