Good evening all and welcome to our live coverage of the Europa League clash between Sporting Braga and Liverpool. Kenny Dalglish's team will be looking to build on their impressive 3-1 victory against Manchester United at the weekend.
Europa League / Last 16
Estádio Municipal de Braga / 10.03.2011
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Hugo Viana is seeing a lot of the ball early on for Braga.
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And we're off and running. Braga kick off and string a nice few passes together to get things going.
17:55
Carragher leads Liverpool out in their change strip of black shirts with yellow trim. Braga are in red. Seems like a cracking atmosphere in the stadium.
17:52
Liverpool will be using Kuyt as their focal point, with Meireles, Cole and Spearing in the three-man midfield behind him. Lucas and Poulsen will hold and shield the back four.
17:48
Liverpool are unbeaten in the Europa League this season. They beat Sparta Prague last time out, edging a tight tie 1-0 on aggregate with a win at Anfield.
17:45
Braga beat Benfica 2-1 in their most recent Portuguese League match. It's also worth noting they beat Arsenal and Celtic at home in the Champions League this season - although they also got battered 6-0 at the Emirates.
17:42
So it's Carroll once again from the bench for Liverpool. The £35 million striker was never going to replace hat-trick hero Kuyt in the starting line-up, but the odds are he'll get his chance tonight at Estádio Municipal de Braga
17:24
Liverpool: Reina, Carragher, Skrtel, Kyrgiakos, Johnson, Poulsen, Lucas, Spearing, Meireles, Cole, Kuyt // Subs: Gulacsi, Pacheco, Maxi, Wilson, Ngog, Carroll, Flanagan
17:21
The teams have been announced. Braga: Artur Moraes, Miguel Garcia, Kaka, Rodriguez, Silvio, Leandro Salino, Hugo Viana, Alan, Mossoro, Paulo Cesar, Lima // Subs: Cristiano, Paulao, Helder Barbosa, Meyong, Dani, Peterson, Anibal