If Jurgen Klopp could have handpicked Liverpool's next game then it is unlikely he would have selected a trip to take on Atalanta.
The Reds may be top of the Premier League and their Champions League group but it has been far from the perfect start to the season. Virgil van Dijk will miss the rest of the campaign while Fabinho is also out until next month and summer signing Thiago Alcantara remains absent.
Van Dijk's injury plus the summer sale of Dejan Lovren and the fitness woes of Fabinho and Joel Matip have left gaping holes in Klopp's defence and they take on the free-scoring Atalanta tonight at risk of being blown away.