Captain Jordan Henderson admits he's gutted to miss out - but he's backing his Liverpool team-mates to finish the job off at the Etihad on Tuesday night.

The Liverpool midfielder will be sidelined for the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final with Manchester City due to a one-match ban.

With Emre Can still injured, Gini Wijnaldum will play the holding midfield role which he occupied in Saturday's Merseyside derby stalemate at Goodison.

Henderson, who collected his third booking of the competition in the 3-0 first-leg win, is confident the Dutchman will deliver.

"It will be very difficult for me to watch," Henderson said.

"It's frustrating not being involved as I want to be out there. But the lads just need to keep doing what they've been doing as they've been brilliant recently. I believe in them.

"Gini was brilliant in that position against Everton. He got on the ball and kept moving it. He showed he can play there. Hopefully he can do the same job for us again on Tuesday night."

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Liverpool travel to the Etihad on the back of two successive clean sheets and with Virgil van Dijk showing exactly why they splashed out £75million to secure his services.

They will have to absorb pressure just like they did at Anfield but Henderson insists they won't just look to protect their lead.

"Virgil's form has been excellent," Henderson added.

"He has settled in with the group really quickly and he's putting in great performances to help the team. But it's not just him, the whole of the backline have been performing well. We've been defending well as a unit and that makes a massive difference.

"The conditions probably made the derby a bit scrappier than we would have liked at times but the lads fought brilliantly.

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"We dominated the ball and created some decent chances. We gave everything and we were unlucky not to come away with the three points.

"You can't sit deep for 90 minutes against Man City. We have to go there and try to attack, play our football and try to score some goals.

"It will be a difficult game but we have a few days to prepare for it and we'll be ready come Tuesday night."