Ahead of their trip to Stamford Bridge, Ronald Koeman's team had collected four points from Premier League matches against Stoke and Manchester City — and come out on the right side of tricky two - leg
Europa League encounters with MFK Ružomberok and Hajduk Split.
• This is the French club's 15th UEFA
Europa League encounter this season, the most of any of the competition's remaining participants.
Liverpool will now focus on Thursday's eagerly anticipated
Europa League encounter with Manchester United, with Jurgen Klopp seeking to win a trophy in his first season in charge of the Merseyside club.
Not exact matches
The Gunners» January signing Mohamed Elneny has
encountered Chelsea three times previously with Basel, losing both 2013
Europa League semi-final games and winning the Champions
League group stage match in Switzerland the following season.
The Merseyside club had to play in a gruelling
Europa League match just three days before the
encounter.
There has been plenty of talk about the Red Devils boss making wholesale changes as he looks to prioritise the
Europa League competition this week, and he has insisted on three separate occasions now that he will be rotating his players for Sunday's
encounter.
The Red Devils come into the match on the back of a crucial 1 - 0 away win in the first - leg of the
Europa League semi-final on Thursday, a tie which is claimed to have been prioritised over today's
encounter.
We travel to Florence for the 2nd leg of our
Europa League Last 32
encounter with Fiorentina and Manager Mauricio Pochettino has several selection dilemmas.
AS Roma are gearing up for their
Europa League second leg battle against Fiorentina this midweek and Il Lupi are set for another difficult
encounter, especially with an enormous pressure being put on Rudi Garcia's men.
Spurs travel to France for their next
encounter against Ligue 1 outfit Monaco in the
Europa League on Thursday.
Alexandre Lacazette needs to get some minutes in before we
encounter CSKA in the
Europa League quarter - final.
The pick of the other ties sees
Europa League new - boys Kuban Krasnodar attempt to protect a 2 - 0 lead at home against Motherwell, St. Johnstone host FC Minsk 1 - 0 up from their first
encounter and Crvena Zvezda must overturn a 3 - 1 defeat when the former European Cup winners play host to FC Chornomorets Odesa.
• Arsenal, the lone English representatives in the UEFA
Europa League knockout phase, won four of their six autumn
encounters to top Group H before knocking out European debutants Östersund in the round of 32 then winning both legs against AC Milan — 2 - 0 in Italy and 3 - 1 in London.
• A Salzburg side including current players Andreas Ulmer and Christoph Leitgeb defeated a Lazio team featuring Ştefan Radu 2 - 1 in both of the club's previous
encounters, which took place in the 2009/10 UEFA
Europa League group stage.
Arsenal's 2 - 0 win over AC Milan in the first leg of their
Europa League last - 16
encounter was nothing if not unexpected.
Benfica may already grab a 3 - 1 lead in their
Europa League quarter final first leg
encounter last midweek but the Portuguese side's head coach Jorge Jesus warned his players that the tie is far from over as Newcastle with their one away goal will try to do their best in turning things around.
• Adil Rami, a starter in Marseille's first 14 European
encounters this term but who missed this first leg through injury, won the 2015/16 UEFA
Europa League with Sevilla, appearing in seven matches including the final against Liverpool.
Marseille will have to come back to win a European tie following a first - leg defeat for the first time in 13 years if they are to reach the UEFA
Europa League semi-finals at the expense of European debutants RB Leipzig, 1 - 0 winners of the first
encounter in Germany.
The Gunners will take on Swedish side Ostersund in the first leg of their UEFA
Europa League last 32
encounter on Thursday.
Thus, both sides will be more or less unchanged from their first semi-final
encounter in the
Europa League.
• Arsenal, the lone English representatives in the UEFA
Europa League knockout phase, won four of their six autumn
encounters to top Group H before knocking out European debutants Östersund in the round of 32 then winning both legs against Milan — 2 - 0 in Italy and 3 - 1 in north London.
This has included two losses to Juventus in both legs in the 2013 - 14
Europa League quarterfinals in their most recent
encounter.