UCL: Frank Onyeka named in FC Midtjylland squad to face Liverpool

Frank Onyeka has been included in Midtjylland’s squad to tackle former UEFA Champions League winner Liverpool in Tuesday’s night Champions League encounter, BSNSports.com.ng reports. The defensive midfielder was spotted boarding a Great Dane Airlines flight to Liverpool on Monday morning. Midtylland fell to a 4-0 home defeat against Serie A club Atalanta on matchday one. Another defeat against Jurgen Klopp’s side will no doubt hamper their chances of progressing into the knockout round of the competition. Brian Priske’s side head into the game in buoyant mood following their 3-2 league win against Brondby last weekend. Onyeka featured for 90 minutes in the highly entertaining game. The 22-year-old has made five appearances in the competition for Midtylland this season and scored once. Meanwhile, manager Priske said his team is ready to face Jurgen Klopp side "Liverpool" in Anfield. “From a club perspective and also from a squad perspective, everybody is looking forward to our first game in the Champions League. We've all been working hard for a game like this for many years,” he said during a pre-game conference. “Everybody is fit and ready to perform. I think everybody knows we have a big job ahead of us. “All six games in the group stages are going to be difficult; big opponents, big teams but everybody is fit and ready to deliver and hopefully, also give ourselves the opportunities to pick up points. “They are big teams, as I said already, but we have big faith in our squad and in our players. At the end of the day, it’s going to be going to be 90 minutes on the grass that decides the results for us.”