Liverpool take youngsters to Istanbul

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Emre Sarigul
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Liverpool take youngsters to Istanbul [divider]
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has decided to take youngsters Jordan Williams, Jordan Lussey, Jerome Sinclair, Cameron Brannagan and Ryan Fulton to Istanbul ahead of the Reds Europa League Round of 32 second leg game against Beşiktaş.
The Reds won the first-leg game 1-0 at Anfield but will travel to Istanbul without a number of key players.
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Captain Steven Gerrard, midfielders Jordan Henderson and Lucas have been ruled out with injury and Lazar Markovic will serve the second match of a four game ban.Coutinho had played 19 games straight for the Reds but will be rested for the Beşiktaş game.

The Reds will also be without defenders Mamadou Sakho and Glen Johnson.

Sakho had started in Liverpool’s last 16 matches and has established himself as a key player in Rodgers’s three-man defence.

Rodgers could play a back-three made up consisting of Kolo Toure, Martin Skrtel and Lovren.

Emre Can who has started in defence for the last 12 games could be moved into a central midfield role.

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