Mamadou Sakho was at the heart of Liverpool's defence for Jurgen Klopp's first fixture - helping the Reds to a goalless draw at Tottenham.

The French international was overlooked on occasion by Brendan Rodgers but believes he can be part of a successful side at Anfield.

“I try to stay the same on and off the pitch," he tells Liverpool's website. "If you ask the players, they’ll say ‘Mama never changes’.  

“I am a very ambitious man but I prefer to keep them to myself because some people will think I’m crazy! But we’ll see.

“I think we have a very good team, very good players, international players and we can have a very good season."

Hugo Lloris has to be sharp to move away to his right and get hold of a header from Serigne Mbodji, it was a save he was always going to make though.

Harry Kane's first involvement is to be tripped by Youri Tielemans - who is booked. 

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The 1-1 draw is popular around Europe as things stand.  Anderlecht v Tottenham, APOEL Nicosia v Asteras Tripolis and Schalke v Sparta Prague are all tied at 1-1.

Switzerland's Basel, typically decent in Europe, trail 2-1 at home to Belenenses. 

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Harry Kane is on for the last half hour. He replaces the game, but not great, Clinton Njie. 

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BBC Sport Scotland in Norway

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"The rain has been pretty incessant in Molde over the past 24 hours and it has begun to fall even more heavily as kick-off approaches here in Norway. One thing is for sure, the artificial surface will be slick as the Group A leaders seek to prevent Ronny Deila making a winning return to his homeland. 

"The man who denied Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Molde three successive league titles when he led Stromsgodset to the championship brings Leigh Griffiths, Stefan Johansen and Mikael Lustig into his team tonight as Celtic look for their first win of the group stage."

It's still end to end stuff as Youri Tielemans picks the ball up after Mousa Dembele gives it up. Tielemans plays the right pass for Imoh Ezekiel - but his shot is wide of the target. 

Thirty-five minutes left. 

Liverpool

Just the one change for Jurgen Klopp in his first game at Anfield as Liverpool boss. In comes Joe Allen for Lucas. Striker Christian Benteke, who has not played since a 1-1 draw with Norwich on 20 September, is on the bench.

On the bench for Rubin Kazan is a person familiar with Liverpool. Midfielder Diniyar Bilyaletdinov made over 70 appearances for Everton between 2009 and 2012. 

Liverpool XI: Mignolet; Clyne, Skrtel, Sakho, Moreno; Can, Allen, Milner; Lallana, Coutinho, Origi.  

Rubin Kazan XI: Ryzhikov, Kuzmin, Kverkvelia, Kambolov, Nabiullin, Carlos Eduardo, Ozdoev, Gokdeniz Karadeniz, Georgiev, Devic, Kanunnikov. 

Guillaume Gillet again! The Anderlecht right-back scored a fine goal in the first half and he thunders another shot into the body of Hugo Lloris from long-range.

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So Anfield hopes to welcome a legend in the making tonight and a former Liverpool great (maybe not) has netted for Sporting Lisbon - Alberto Aquilani. His spot kick, followed by a Freddy Montero penalty, gives them a 2-0 lead over Skenderbeu Korce. 

So the next question is, where is Skenderbeu Korce? I can tell you it's in Albania. Korce is a city home to around 75,000 people.

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Elsewhere, in Tottenham's group, Monaco and Qarabag are level while Lazio still lead Rosenborg.  

Another brilliant pass from Christian Eriksen, he slices open the Anderlecht defence with one ball but Clinton Njie's first touch is not good enough to kill the ball and a defender gets across. Eriksen is on another level, with all due respect.

Back under way in Belgium. 

Tonight's late action will be focussed on Mr Klopp and the Kop I suspect, but elsewhere there's plenty to play for from Greece to the northern Czech Republic...

Fenerbahce v Ajax - 20:05

Molde v Celtic - 20:05

Bordeaux v FC Sion - 20:05

Liverpool v Rubin Kazan - 20:05

PAOK Salonika v FK Krasnodar - 20:05

Slovan Liberec v FC Groningen - 20:05

Sporting Braga v Marseille - 20:05

FC Midtjylland v Napoli - 20:05

Legia Warsaw v Club Brugge - 20:05

SK Rapid Wien v Viktoria Plzen - 20:05

Villarreal v Dinamo Minsk - 20:05

'Madhouse on tour' eh. What a bunch of characters.

BBC Radio 5 Live

BBC Radio 5 live takes a rugby and formula 1 focus tonight but throughout the evening, there will be live updates from Anfield.

Between 19:00 BST and 19:30 they will discuss the day's sports news including word on potential Uefa punishment for Manchester City and news on Bastian Schweinsteiger potentially taking legal action against a toy manufacturer.

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Europa League group stage newcomers Midtjylland have enjoyed a cracking start in the competition, winning both their group games so far, but the Danish side have a tough test against Italians Napoli tonight.

Napoli made it through to the knockout stage in all three of their previous Europa League appearances, and they are well on course to progress again after recording back-to-back group stage wins. The victor from this match will take control of the group.

Elsewhere, Robin van Persie has two goals in his last two games for club and country, and he will be looking to fire Fenerbahce to their first Europa League win of the season when they host Dutch giants Ajax tonight. Fenerbache are bottom of Group A with one point from two games.

A total of 11 games kick off at 20:05 BST, including Club Brugge's game at Legia Warsaw and Villareal's tie with Dinamo Minsk

Liverpool

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Jurgen Klopp names a very strong team - he makes just one change to the side in fact as Joe Allen replaces Lucas.

Christian Benteke is back on the bench.

Daily Mail football reporter Dominic King is at Anfield and it would appear Jurgen Klopp is using his programme notes as a call to arms...

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Jurgen Klopp takes charge of Liverpool later tonight looking to kick-start their shaky Europa League campaign so far.

No such problems for his former side Borussia Dortmund, though, as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hit a hat-trick to give them a 3-1 win at Azerbaijan side Qabala.

The result strengthened Dortmund's grip on Group C, as they top the standings with seven points.

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Celtic are in action later this evening and there will be a familiar face in the opposition dugout.

Molde will go into the game with a new head coach after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer returned to the Norwegian champions.

He takes over from caretaker Erling Moe, who led them to a win and a draw against Fenerbahce and Ajax respectively after the sacking of Tor Ole Skullerud in August.

He's been knocking on the door but finally BBC Radio Merseyside's James Mountford has found Jurgen Klopp...