Mohamed Salah was told by Jurgen Klopp to "be ready" to feature in Liverpool 's Champions League quarter-final second leg against Benfica, despite being rested like six of his star teammates.
The Reds boss rung in the changes for round two with the Portuguese giants, who Liverpool beat 3-1 in Lisbon last week to give themselves a two-goal cushion back at Anfield. Alongside Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson, Fabinho, Thiago Alcantara and Sadio Mane also dropped to the bench.
Only Alisson Becker, Joel Matip, Jordan Henderson and Diogo Jota kept their places from Sunday's thrilling 2-2 draw with Manchester City, which went down as a missed opportunity for the Reds to move top of the Premier League table. But Liverpool will face the Citizens again on Saturday, this time for an FA Cup semi-final which Klopp clearly had in mind, when selecting his team against Benfica.
