Liverpool vs Porto LIVE: Champions League result, final score and reaction tonight

6 mins: A couple of ‘nearly’ moments for Liverpool - first Pepe looked to have made a mess of his clearance as Mane is played in behind, with goalkeeper Costa not helping matters by rushing out, but the defender did just enough to steer the ball away.

Liverpool again look to hit Salah quickly but Pepe stepped across to intercept.

4 mins: Evanilson flicks an effort on target from the edge of the box but that it is comfortably saved by Alisson - Liverpool’s captain for the evening.

Morton gets his first couple of touches and is tidy with a couple of balls around the corner in a packed midfield. Oxlade-Chamberlain releases Salah but Zaidu gets back to make an important intervention.

2 mins: Porto stay on the attack and recycle possession impressively before Oxlade-Chamberlain is finally able to block a pass from the left-back Zaidu.

1 min: Otavio pressures Tsimikas in the corner and wins an early set-piece for the visitors. Matip rises well to clear but Konate is then caught out on the edge of the box.

We’re underway at Anfield! It’s Oxlade-Chamberlain who gets us going, at the second attempt as the referee wasn’t ready. Liverpool are defending the Kop in the first half and Matip’s long pass is charged down but thankfully for Liverpool goes out for a throw-in.

Porto are led out by the 39-year-old defender Pepe as the teams make their way onto the pitch at Anfield.

The Portuguese side have never won at Anfield and they are the side most in need of three points tonight.

Kick-off is next!

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, speaking to BT Sport:

On his starting team: “Some changes we needed to make, some were made for tonight. I like the line-up a lot, I like the bench a lot. We have the most experienced bench I’ve ever had at Liverpool. We’ve got five substitutes and we will use them. I really hope we can play a good game.

On Tyler Morton: “The boy is ready. He is a smart kid and he will know what to do. He will be excited, he will be nervous, he is human. But at the end he has everything in his toolbox because he’s a good footballer. Nobody plays like 6 like Fabinho, so why should he? He’s a brilliant football player but we have to look after the spaces to make sure he can defend them. That will give him security, confidence, and we then have a good footballer in that position.”

While Liverpool have already booked their place in the Champions League group stages, and as Group B winners, there is still plenty at stake at Anfield tonight.

Porto are locked in a tussle with Atletico Madrid and AC Milan for the second qualification spot, and the visitors are in pole position with two rounds of fixtures remaining.

Sergio Conceicao’s side sit second with five points, one ahead of Atletico. If Porto were to get a result tonight, and Atletico are held by Milan, it would mean that they would qualify with a draw against the Spanish champions on the final day.

Luis Diaz is the one to watch for Porto tonight.

Thiago has had a frustrating start to his Liverpool career, but the Spain international makes consecutive starts for the first time this season tonight. A sign, perhaps, that his injury troubles are behind him.

The midfielder insisted this week that he “100 percent” made the right choice moving to Anfield and is fully committed to the club despite being linked with a return to Barcelona.

Reports in Spain have claimed the Catalans’ new coach Xavi wants to bring his former team-mate back to the Nou Camp.

“I made the right choice, the right move,” he said. “You never know because the injuries make you stop your frequency to play, to know much more of how your team performs on the pitch.

“I just want to know about this new adventure that I have here in the Premier League and to try to win all the trophies I can and my commitment is much more with this team.”

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Jurgen Klopp has stayed true to his word tonight and picked a Liverpool team that is capable of beating Porto, with Salah and Mane both starting at Anfield.

"We always respect the competition but we have to think about ourselves, our schedule and the situation of our players first," Klopp said earlier this week.

"If we leave them all out, we're going to play with a team that is not a Champions League team. We don't have enough players for that, by the way.

"We have to line up a team that has a chance to win the game. We need stability, the players need rhythm.

"Whatever line-up we show tomorrow night, it's all about winning the game - that's what we are here for."

Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho, Andy Robertson and Diogo Jota have all been given some time off tonight, which is a boost ahead of Saturday’s clash against Southampton.