Andoni Iraola has confirmed his Liverpool team to take on Fenerbahce in the Champions League, with Dominik Szoboszlai and Rio Ngumoha starting for the Reds in Turkiye

Liverpool has confirmed its starting XI to take on Fenerbahce in the Champions League, with Andoni Iraola rotating his side, as has often been the case in Europe this term.

With three wins from three games so far, there is a margin for error, even if Liverpool will want to win in Turkiye. The Reds have never kept a clean sheet in the country and have only won there once, losing to Galatasaray last year.

Alisson Becker is in goal, with Joe Gomez, Jeremy Jacquet, Virgil van Dijk and Kostas Tsimikas across the back four. Dominik Szoboszlai, Trey Nyoni and Alexis Mac Allister are in the center of midfield.

Rio Ngumoha, Victor Munoz and Bradley Barcola complete the team, with the likes of Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz and Lewis Koumas available from the bench.

Federico Chiesa and Wataru Endo were left out of the Champions League squad and are therefore not eligible, and Ryan Gravenberch has sustained a heel problem.

"I think Istanbul is always going to be special for Liverpool," Iraola said in his pre-match press conference on Tuesday.

"It is difficult to find a better night in football, a comeback like that one on such an important night. Talking about tomorrow, we know it is not going to be easy.

"You talk about the statistics, not just Liverpool alone, just English teams. I came here to play, so if you go to the Spanish teams, it will be similar.

"It is always difficult to come to Turkiye and play and we have to be very ready because Fenerbahce have very good players, a very good squad.

"They also have experience and know how to play in this competition, so we have to start the game strong and try to kill the confidence and the momentum they can have with the supporters.

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"I think we've had better results this season in the Champions League and also the Carabao Cup than in the Premier League. I think it's very early in the season to establish comparisons.

"We want to continue [down] the line that we are having in the Champions League [with] three games and nine points.

"For us, it's a good chance to get to 12 points, try to qualify and then go to try to finish in the top eight — but Champions League away days are difficult. We know this and especially in this stadium, this atmosphere, we have to be mentally very ready to start strong."

Liverpool starting XI: Alisson; Gomez, Jacquet, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Nyoni, Mac Allister; Ngumoha, Szoboszlai, Munoz; Barcola.