Hugo Ekitike is making his return but it is his replacement at Eintracht Frankfurt who goes into their Champions League game against Liverpool in top form. Jonathan Burkardt, the summer signing from Mainz, has six goals in his last six games.

Against Galatasaray in September, Burkardt became the first German player in over 30 years to score and assist on his Champions League debut and followed that up with another against Atletico Madrid. There were two more away to Freiburg at the weekend.

The 25-year-old striker looks like another shrewd acquisition by Frankfurt, a club renowned for their savvy recruitment. This one did not take as much finding. Burkardt was the fourth-highest scorer in the Bundesliga last season with 18 goals for Mainz.

It made him that club's top scorer in a single

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