Liverpool za ta karbi da Bayer Leverkusen a filin Anfield a ranar Talata, 5 ga watan Nuwamba, a gasar Champions League. Kocin Liverpool, Arne Slot, ya kai shekarar sa zuwa matsayin mai kyau, inda ya kawo nasarar gudun hijira zuwa Anfield. Liverpool yanzu suna shiga gasar a matsayin shugabannin Premier League, suna da nasara a dukkan wasanninsu uku a gasar Champions League, da kuma zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe a gasar League Cup.
Bayer Leverkusen, karkashin jagorancin tsohon dan wasan Liverpool Xabi Alonso, suna fuskantar farin ciki a lokacin da suke yi. Leverkusen, wanda ya lashe gasar Bundesliga a lokacin da ya gabata, yanzu suna daura a matsayi na hudu a gasar Bundesliga, suna da alama bakwai kasa da shugabannin Bayern Munich. A gasar Champions League, Leverkusen har yanzu ba su sha kashi ba, suna da alama bakwai daga wasanninsu uku na farko.
Wasan zai kasance na jajircewa ga Xabi Alonso, wanda ya yi shekaru biyar a Liverpool tsakanin 2004 zuwa 2009. Alonso ya zura kwallo ta uku a wasan karshe na gasar Champions League da AC Milan a shekarar 2005. An yi imanin cewa Alonso zai maye gurbin Jurgen Klopp a lokacin rani, amma ya zabi ya ci gaba da aiki a Leverkusen.
Liverpool suna da matsala ta rauni, inda Alisson, Diogo Jota, Harvey Elliott, da Federico Chiesa suna wajen rauni. Caoimhin Kelleher ya maye gurbin Alisson, yayin da Darwin Nunez ya nuna kyakkyawar aikinsa a matsayin maye gurbin Jota. Leverkusen kuma suna da raunuka, inda Amine Adli, Jeanuel Belocian, da Nordi Mukiele suna wajen rauni.
Ana zarginsa cewa wasan zai kasance na ban mamaki, tare da kallon yawa da aka saukar. Mohamed Salah na Liverpool ya nuna kyakkyawar aikinsa a lokacin da ya gabata, yayin da Florian Wirtz na Leverkusen ya zura kwallaye uku a wasanninsu uku na gasar Champions League. Ana sa ran cewa Liverpool zai yi nasara, amma Leverkusen na da damar suka yi tasiri a wasan.
