A hamstring injury that keeps goalkeeper Jose Reina on the sidelines for a second game is Liverpool's only new Europa League injury concern.

Brad Jones is likely to deputise with long-term absentees Martin Kelly, Lucas Leiva and Fabio Borini all still out.

Anzhi Makhachkala's former Arsenal, Chelsea and Portsmouth midfielder Lassana Diarra is out for a month with a ligament tear in his left knee.

Striker Samuel Eto'o, the top-scorer in the Russian Premier League, is fit.

Eto'o, who moved to Anzhi for a fee of £18.4m in August 2011, is a three-time Champions League winner but Jones is not intimidated by the former Barcelona and Inter Milan forward's pedigree.

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"It doesn't particularly bother me which player it is - it is the same idea when you go out, which is that you don't want to concede goals," said the Australian.

"Obviously Eto'o is a fantastic player and has been for a number of years, playing at the top.

"You know you are going to have to be on top of your game, but I have to do that every day with the likes of Luis Suarez and Steven Gerrard anyway."

Liverpool medical staff are unsure whether Reina will recover in time for the weekend's Merseyside derby against Everton, but the Spaniard believes Jones, who kept a clean sheet against Reading on Saturday, is a more-than-able replacement.

"Brad was excellent. He was composed, he was really good in the air, when he was called on he was fast off his line, and he played well with his feet. He had a complete game," said Reina.

"He's a good fighter and a good keeper for Liverpool, not just an understudy."

Liverpool go into the game third in Group A after a 3-2 defeat to Udinese in their second game of their campaign.