YOSSI AND RYAN START AGAINST AUXERRE

Yossi Benayoun and Ryan Babel will be handed their first Liverpool starts against Auxerre this afternoon.

The pair will feature in the first half along with 19-year-old Bulgarian keeper Nikolay Mihaylov. Record signing Fernando Torres is among the substitutes.

The team in full is: Mihaylov, Finnan, Paletta, Carragher, Arbeloa, Benayoun, Gerrard, Hobbs, Babel, Voronin, Kuyt.

Subs: PR, SC, SH, JAR, JP, NEZ, PC, SD, DA, XA, FT.