Salah, Van Dijk and Mane train with Liverpool ahead of AC Milan clash - in pictures

Premier League side take on Italian giants at Anfield in their opening Champions League group-stage game

Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (R) and teammates attend a training session at the Axa training centre in Kirkby, north of Liverpool in north-west England on September 14, 2021, on the eve of their UEFA Champions League, Group B football match against AC Milan. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp at the AXA Training Centre in Kirkby on Tuesday, September 14. Getty

Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk during training ahead of their opening Champions League game. Getty

Liverpool's Fabinho, left, with Divock Origi. Getty

Mohamed Salah training with Liverpool teammates. Getty

Liverpool attacker Sadio Mane during training. Reuters

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk, left. Getty

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. PA

Liverpool midfielder Fabinho. Reuters

Mohamed Salah training with teammates. Getty

Liverpool's Brazilian midfielder Fabinho giving a wave at training. AFP

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk controls the ball. Getty

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp oversees training. PA

Liverpool defenders Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez. AFP

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker. PA

Liverpool's Jordan Henderson, left. PA

Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk. PA

Liverpool attacker Sadio Mane. PA

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah with teammates ahead of their Champions League game. AFP

Liverpool midfielder Diogo Jota. Getty

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah. PA

Liverpool midfielder Fabinho. Getty

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah during training. PA

Diogo Jota passes the ball at training. Getty

Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara. Getty

Liverpool defender Nathaniel Phillips. AFP

Liverpool's Fabinho during training. Getty

Liverpool full-back Andrew Robertson begins to sprint at training. Getty

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold, left. Getty

Liverpool attacker Sadio Mane. PA

Liverpool start their bid to become champions of Europe for a seventh time when they take on AC Milan in the Group B clash at Anfield on Wednesday.

Jurgen Klopp's side currently sit third in the Premier League, only being kept off top spot by goal difference, after their impressive 3-0 win at Leeds United on Sunday.

Mohamed Salah, who took part in training on Merseyside on Tuesday, reached 100 Premier League goals in the game that was marred by a serious injury to teenage midfielder Harvey Elliott.

AC Milan - already seven-time European Cup winners - are also being kept off the top of their domestic table by the slimmest of margins.

They defeated Lazio 2-0 at the weekend to leave them in second place and only below top of the table Roma by goal difference. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who marked his comeback from injury by scoring just seven minutes after coming on as a substitute at the San Siro, has been ruled out of the Liverpool game due to an Achilles tendon problem.

The other match in the 'Group of Death' on Wednesday, sees Spanish champions Atletico Madrid take on Portuguese side Porto at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.