Hello and welcome to LIVE updates of Liverpool versus Aston Villa at Anfield. Can Jurgen Klopp’s men bounce back from their Champions League disappointment against Real Madrid and bolster their top four push with a win here? Or will a Villa team that thumped the Reds 7-2 earlier in the campaign inflict more misery on the Merseysiders? Kick off 15:00 BST.

As we continue to build up to today's encounter, why not catch up on some of the latest gossip? Liverpool were linked with an Ajax starlet in one of our recent Euro Papers videos while there are reports in the UK today that suggest Harry Kane could be keen on a Spurs exit...

Ozan Kabak: “We have eight games remaining in the Premier League and we just need to win every game. This huge club needs to be in the Champions League next year, (like) every year. The Real Madrid game is now in the past, we just focus on this game in the Premier League.”

Trezeguet: “We have nine matches left; it is very important to finish in the best way possible. Whatever you do in the start of the season, how you finish is most important thing of course. We will try to finish in a better position than we are now.”

Dean Smith on Ollie Watkins: “Ollie will get better and better. It took him until the third game to score and it ended up being a hat-trick against the champions (7-2 win v Liverpool). Everyone at the club loves what he is about, his character and his attitude and will to get better. I was so pleased for him going and getting his first international goal for England and he deserved his goal against Fulham last Sunday for his work-rate.”

Klopp on Liverpool’s home woes: “I don't think we are too much influenced by the last home games. They were all different and stuff like this. No, I don't think we will think about them, I will not think about it. It's just the next opportunity for us and it's a big one, it's a difficult one because the opponent is strong. So we have to be ready to play a good game."

Villa are still without their talisman, Jack Grealish but do make two changes to the team that beat Fulham last time out. Trezeguet and Marvellous Nakamba come in.

Liverpool make two changes to the side that lost to Real in midweek. James Milner comes in for Naby Keita while Roberto Firmino replaces Sadio Mane in attack. Curtis Jones is not involved due to a muscle issue.

CONFIRMED TEAMS - LIVERPOOL: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, N Phillips, Kabak, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Milner, Salah, Jota, Firmino… Subs: Adrian, Thiago, Keita, Mane, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tsimikas, Shaqiri, Davies, R Williams. /// ASTON VILLA: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Targett, Luiz, McGinn, Trezeguet, Nakamba, Traore, Watkins... Subs: Heaton, Taylor, Barkley, El Ghazi, Engels, Elmohamady, Hause, Davis, Ramsey.