Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain both have players who are running the risk of a Champions League ban on Wednesday evening
Ryan Gravenberch is one of three Liverpool players walking a suspension tightrope (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
Ryan Gravenberch is one of three Liverpool players walking a suspension tightrope (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
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Three Liverpool players run the risk of picking up a Champions League suspension when the Reds aim to take a step nearer to the semi-finals this evening.
Virgil van Dijk and Ryan Gravenberch both picked up bookings during the round of 16 clash against Galatasaray last month to join Curtis Jones on having accrued two yellow cards in the competition this season.
It means the trio would be banned from a potential quarter-final second leg should they pick up a caution when Liverpool clash with Paris Saint-Germain in the Parc des Princes this evening.
Conor Bradley also has two bookings in the Champions League but has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee problem suffered in early January.
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Competition rules dictate any player who receives three yellow cards - or any subsequent odd number of bookings - from the league stage onwards is banned for the next game. An amnesty only arrives on completion of the quarter-finals when all yellow card totals expire.
Paris Saint-Germain have two players on two yellow cards, with both Nuno Mendes and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia having moved to within one booking of missing the second leg at Anfield next Tuesday.