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How can Liverpool’s defence shut out Bayern without irreplaceable Van Dijk?

The Dutchman's suspension leaves Jurgen Klopp with a big decision to make ahead of Tuesday's Champions League clash

Fabinho or Jordan Henderson?

Jurgen Klopp will have expected that he would need to make that call in a big game this season.

He probably didn’t imagine, though, that the decision would be which of them would play at centre-half in a Champions League knockout tie.

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That looks to be Klopp’s dilemma as Liverpool prepare to welcome Bayern Munich to Anfield for their last 16, first-leg tie on Tuesday night.

Virgil van Dijk’s suspension, coupled with Joe Gomez’s absence and Dejan Lovren’s ongoing fitness issues, mean the Reds must find an alternative solution to a sizeable problem.