Murphy to return?

The Liverpool midfielder has been out of favour since Liverpool's lacklustre draw with Aston Villa at the end of August, but has knuckled down and accepted the manager's decision to play him in the reserves for a few games.

With El Hadji Diouf suspended for his spitting incident at Celtic, Murphy will be hoping for a place in the starting line-up, although he will have to compete with Anthony Le Tallec who was in outstanding form for the second string during the week.