Liverpool latest: Eight stars walk Champions League suspension tightrope after double blow
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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballLiverpool FCLiverpool travel to Turkey to face Galatasaray in the Champions League last 16 first leg after losing to the same opponents in SeptemberLiverpool will get a break from domestic duties when they return to Champions League action against Galatasaray on Tuesday. However, it was the only away game Liverpool lost as they secured third place in the league phase table.Galatasaray scored just nine times in their first eight games and that played a part in them needing a play-off against Juventus to make it into the round of 16.
That Juve clash was a goalfest, however, as Okan Buruk's side clinched a 7-5 aggregate win after extra-time in Turin.READ MORE: Galatasaray boss Okan Buruk warns Liverpool his side are ready to exploit big advantageREAD MORE: Liverpool Champions League round of 16 preview - odds, prediction and route to the finalAhead of Tuesday's kick-off, Liverpool have been dealt fresh injury blows and will need to tread carefully in Istanbul. All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageEight could face bansAny player who accumulates three yellow cards before the conclusion of the Champions League quarter-finals will receive a one-match suspension in the competition.
While Liverpool have only one player who will be banned if they pick up a yellow card on Tuesday, Galatasaray face potentially losing up to seven players for the second leg.Curtis Jones is the only player currently on two yellow cards who could play for Liverpool on Tuesday. Conor Bradley also has two bookings but has already been ruled out due to injury.Content cannot be displayed without consentJones' first yellow card arrived in the dying moments in the league phase match against Galatasaray and his second was during the victory over Inter Milan in December.