48 min: Nothing comes of the corner. Ngumoha is still fuming a bit. You can hardly blame him.

Half-time postbag. “Liverpool push up with all the speed and intensity of a World War I general nudging his model soldiers across a table top French field. And, unsurprisingly, they similarly get caught in no man’s land” – Niall Mullen

“How is it 2-2? But I’m here for it” – Stuart Wright

“In this of all matches I admire your commitment to the diacritics, sir. As a dire critic myself it speaks volumes of your dedication to the lingüística” = Ian Copestake

Liverpool make six changes to their starting XI following the 2-1 win at Brentford. Ryan Gravenberch returns after his Premier League suspension, while Cody Gakpo is back from injury. Kostas Tsimikas, Trey Nyoni, Lewis Koumas and Rio Ngumoha also step up. Florian Wirtz, Alexander Isak, Bradley Barcola and Milos Kerkez drop to the bench, while Dominik Szoboszlai and Víctor Muñoz are injured.

Liverpool: Alisson, Araujo, Jacquet, van Dijk, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Nyoni, Mac Allister, Ngumoha, Koumas, Gakpo.
Subs: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Gomez, Kerkez, Wirtz, Isak, Barcola, Laffey, Chambers, McConnell, Danns.

Villarreal: Gulacsi, Mourino, Navarro, Veiga, Cardona, Saliba, Gueye, Buchanan, Comesana, Moleiro, Mikautadze.
Subs: Junior, Costa, Freeman, Diatta, Gerard, Foyth, Akhomach, Macia, Oluwaseyi, Perez, El Jmili, Gaitan Diaz.