his confidence.I would say Skrtel is very much in contention to

Mark Johnston put the finishing touches to Guineas contenders Buratino and Lumiere as they worked before racing at Newmarket. Coventry Stakes winner Buratino was busy last season but thrived on his work, while Lumiere won the Cheveley Park Stakes in September.Buratino worked with New Caledonia while the filly went with Deodoro but both have slight stamina doubts.over a mile Johnston said: That was perfect. To be honest, all the work had been done before today and this was just the finishing touches.We just wanted to give them an outing to the track because if we are going to start them off at that level, they need to have been to the track beforehand.It was terrible ground at Haydock (for their gallop last week), it was very very soft but they did a pretty serious gallop and we knew that they didnt need to do an awful lot today.Obviously something like this does not test them over a mile. You might question Buratino on pedigree, but the way he ran in the Middle Park, when he was beaten by an out-and-out sprinter, if hed have gone further hed have taken closer order, which gives us confidence in him getting it. His style of racing gives us great confidence as well as he switches off and then finds a gear.Lumiere is bred to get every inch of a mile and is not bred to be a sprinter. Shes always looked like being a miler and if you looked at her and didnt know her form, youd think she was a middle-distance horse. The question with her is her temperament, as she can be keen early on but she was much more settled here today.Whether that will be the case when the stalls open in the Guineas, who knows. Im not a great believer of fighting with them - if she goes fast, she goes fast. At York and in the Cheveley Park, she looked the scopiest of the field. Lumiere will be running in the Guineas off the same weight she did in the Cheveley Park. 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But when it comes to determining if Raymond will find a place on the Leafs roster when training camp concludes in a week, well, that decision will ultimately fall to the head coach.Liverpool legend Phil Thompson believes Jurgen Klopp faces a tough decision over whether to select Mamadou Sakho for Thursdays trip to Borussia Dortmund. The Reds travel to the Westfalenstadion for their Europa League quarter-final first-leg, with their defence set for a difficult test against the competitions favourites.Klopps men have failed to keep a clean sheet or win any of their last three games, with Sakho facing criticism for his performance in Saturdays 1-1 draw with Tottenham. Martin Skrtel could be the other option for Jurgen Klopp The French centre-back did not make a single tackle and won just 40 per cent of his duels according to Opta, although alternative option Martin Skrtel did not fare much better in his last appearance, coming off the bench at half-time with his side leading 2-0 in a 3-2 defeat to Southampton.Thommo told Sky Sports: Im not really sure what Sakho was doing in the first half against Spurs and he was extremely lucky to go unpunished, which you cant expect to be the case against this Dortmund side.He obviously had a very difficult game and Dejan Lovren did very well to bail him out, but if you leave him out that will wreck his confidence.I would say Skrtel is very much in contention to start in Germany, but its a very big call for Klopp. Mamadou Sakho has been a first-choice pick under Jurgen Klopp Thommo predicts.dddddddddddd.. Find out what Thommo is tipping up for Dortmund v Liverpool at 20/1 here. Thompson, who won three European Cups at centre-back for Liverpool, believes the return of Brazilian Roberto Firmino could be key to their chances of taking a positive scoreline back to Anfield.Im hoping Firmino will be fit as hes probably the most important player with the form hes been in, the Soccer Saturday pundit added.I do think that Liverpool have to score to have a chance of qualifying because youd expect them to find the net, but they need to be clever and not go chasing the game at 1-0 like Tottenham did.Its the toughest game they could have got but if we go through then theyve got a really good chance of winning the competition. Also See: Henderson playing injured Charlies European predictions Martin Tylers stats Henderson calls for focus ' ' '