Analysing Liverpool’s likely route through the Champions League knockout rounds

Liverpool aren’t yet guaranteed a place in the last 16 of the Champions League, but a 3-0 victory over Marseille on Wednesday night leaves them odds-on to bypass the knockout play-off round.

The Reds must finish inside the top eight of the league phase standings to skip that awkward extra step in February, but with Arne Slot’s side fourth in the table ahead of the final matchday – when they host Qarabag at Anfield – the likelihood is that will succeed in that mission.

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