Real Betis v Liverpool - Team News

Fernando Morientes has been ruled out with a hamstring injury picked up on international duty, but Xabi Alonso returns to the team for the first game of the group stages.

Team (from): Reina, Finnan, Josemi, Carragher, Hyypia, Whitbread, Warnock, Traore, Riise, Luis Garcia, Hamann, Sissoko, Gerrard, Cisse, Crouch, Sinama-Pongolle, Carson, Potter, Zenden.