Liverpool missing Fernando Torres and Ryan Babel

Fernando Torres and Ryan Babel will miss Liverpool's potentially decisive Champions League game against Debrecen on Tuesday night, with both players absent from the travelling party that departed England on Monday morning.

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Fernando Torres has suffered with injuries this season

The absence of star striker Torres is no surprise as he is still recovering from a groin problem and was not expected to feature in the Group E encounter. The club will continue to monitor his fitness ahead of the Merseyside derby against Everton at the weekend.

Babel is also sidelined as a result of an ankle injury sustained in Saturday's 2-2 draw with Manchester City, although Daniel Agger has recovered from the facial injury that saw him substituted in the same game.

"We thought it would be two or three weeks (for Torres) and he's only 12 or 13 days into that so there's no point in him going," Rafa Benitez told the club's official website. "The next few days will decide if he is fit for Everton (on Sunday), but at this moment there are no guarantees."

If Fiorentina beat Lyon at home on Tuesday then Liverpool will be eliminated from the Champions League irrespective of their result in Hungary. If the Italians slip-up, then the final game between the two sides at Anfield will take on huge importance.

Benitez has urged his side to focus on the task at hand against Debrecen though, even if he may be monitoring the score in Florence as the evening progresses.

"The message has to be to just concentrate on our game," Benitez said. "We will know, maybe we'll have some information, but we have to focus on our job. A lot depends on Fiorentina and Lyon, but the main thing for us is to concentrate on our game and see what happens.

"We have to prepare our game because we don't have any influence over the other one. If we can do our job and win, we'll see. I think we can do it. We have some players coming back from injury, so hopefully with a bit of luck we can progress. It's football, so you never know. We'll see if we can keep going in the Champions League."