Liverpool v Lille LIVE: Latest score and goal updates from Champions League tonight

10 min: Really well worked by Lille, through Liverpool’s midfield and down the left flank, but Mukau can’t control the pass into his feet in the box and the chance escapes him.

7 min: The early signs are that Lille are going to try and play out from the back whatever the weather, and that is going to get them in trouble at times, as it does here. Liverpool hustle the ball in the final third but Diaz can’t quite pick out Salah with his pass.

5 min: Salah’s first moment in the game is a driving run towards the box before checking back on to his left foot, but his shot flies off target from 20 yards.

3 min: A fairly uneventful start, though Lille have opted for a front-foot press this evening and that should make things interesting.

We’re underway at Anfield. Liverpool are in all red, Lille are in all white.

Liverpool only need one point to be mathematically certain of a top-eight finish and four to guarantee top spot. In reality, they already have a game planned which would clash with the play-off round – the rearranged Merseyside derby. Arne Slot’s selection shows his confidence they can get the draw needed to skip the February round. He rotates at the back, with Jarell Quansah, Kostas Tsimikas and Conor Bradley all coming in. Darwin Nunez’s late double at Brentford earns him a start.

Here we go then, kick-off is just a few minutes away. A reminder of the line-ups:

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Bradley, Quansah, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, Jones; Salah, Nunez, Diaz.

Lille XI: Chevalier; Gundmundsson, Alexsandro, Diakite, Mandi; Bakker, Mukau, Andre (c), Cabella; Haraldsson, David.

Lille are undefeated in their last 21 matches – a new club record – with 12 wins and nine draws.

They have scored in all but one of their last 16 matches in all competitions, but have kept only two clean sheets in the last 10.

Liverpool have lost only one of their last 28 fixtures – at Tottenham Hotspur in the League Cup earlier this month.

It’s a pretty simple evening ahead for Liverpool – avoid defeat tonight, and they will book their automatic place in the last 16 of the competition.

A draw or win would guarantee that they can’t fall below eighth in the league phase table, though of course Arne Slot’s side will be keen to win both of their remaining matches to finish top of the table with a flawless record.

The league-leaders, who had 37 shots on Saturday, needed Darwin Nunez’s late double to secure a precious three points in their bid for Premier League glory.

The hard-fought victory in west London came after successive draws to Manchester United and Nottingham Forest and Slot believes the defensive set-up of opponents has made it increasingly difficult for his side to find the net.