Good morning and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE text commentary of the Premier League clash between Liverpool and Stoke City. The Reds may have other priorities right about now - namely the second leg of the Champions League semi-final with Roma on Wednesday - but the Potters desperately need league wins if they are to maintain their top-flight status. Team news to follow...
Premier League / Matchday 36
Anfield / 28.04.2018
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Updated 28/04/2018 at 13:26 GMT
12:20
Stoke have won only one game since Christmas, but Paul Lambert's record on this famous ground will give them some hope: the manager has never lost an away match at Anfield as a manager, winning three and drawing two of his five matches in all competitions.
12:15
DID YOU KNOW?
Liverpool have never lost in 54 top-flight home games against Stoke (W43, D11). It's the longest unbeaten home record between two teams in top-flight history.
12:10
Klopp: "It will be a real challenge. I know Paul (Lambert), he's a Dortmund legend. They are very intense and direct, a lot of fights for second balls. I was in that situation many times - fighting to stay in the league."
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12:05
Stoke manager Paul Lambert: "They (the players) have given me everything in their bodies. We had a chat on Monday to say how everyone felt and we know it's difficult and we have to throw everything at it we possibly can.
"If we can take it to the last day... Other teams have got tough run-ins. We know we've got a tough game on Saturday, but on any given day...."
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12:00
With 29 points and three games remaining, Stoke will likely need to win every one of their final games to survive - starting today.
Only five teams in 25 years have won all three of their remaining games to stay in the division: Oldham, Southampton, West Ham, Fulham and Swansea.
The Potters have never won at Anfield in their history, but can they pull off a shock result today?
11:55
Paul Lambert makes just the one change to the Stoke side which drew with Burnley 1-1 last time out. Glen Johnson misses out with a groin strain and Kurt Zouma takes his place at right-back.
11:51
So Mohamed Salah starts, the Egyptian forward hoping to add to his tally of 43 goals for the season. He's just four behind Ian Rush's club record of 47 in a season.
11:50
Jurgen Klopp makes FIVE changes to the side which beat Roma 5-2 in midweek.
Joe Gomez, Ragnar Klavan, Alberto Moreno, Gini Wijnaldum and Danny Ings all return to the side, with the injured Sadio Mane and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain making way, as well as Dejan Lovren, Andy Robertson and James Milner.
11:48
STOKE TEAM NEWS
Starting XI: Butland, Bauer, Pieters, Zouma, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Ndiaye, Allen, Shaqiri, Diouf, Crouch.
Subs: Haugaard, Ireland, Adam, Cameron, Fletcher, Sobhi, Campbell.
11:47
LIVERPOOL TEAM NEWS
Starting XI: Karius, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Klavan, Gomez, Moreno, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Firmino, Salah, Ings.
Subs: Mignolet, Clyne, Lovren, Milner, Robertson, Solanke, Woodburn.