Raul Meireles will miss Liverpool's friendly with Valerenga because of a bruised foot.

Kenny Dalglish welcomes back fit again Glen Johnson, Pepe Reina and Daniel Agger for Monday night's match in Oslo, which you can watch live on LFC TV Online.

However, Meireles, Martin Skrtel (calf) and Steven Gerrard (groin) are still absent.

Dalglish intends to step up his side's preparations for the season by giving some players longer than the 45 minutes we've seen in most of our friendlies so far.

He told Liverpoolfc.tv: "It's great to see Pepe, Glen and Daniel back. There are still a couple of injuries. Raul still has a problem with a bruise on his foot, and there's Steven and Martin.

"There are a lot of lads tonight who'll play longer than the 45 minutes they've played before. We're happy with the level of fitness."

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Liverpool have lost successive pre-season encounters but Dalglish is anticipating an improvement at the Ullevaal Stadium.

"You're looking for a lot of things from the game," he said. "You're looking for an improvement in fitness, an improvement in sharpness and an improvement certainly in passing and moving the ball.

"The result is always helpful but it's not always a barometer of what's happening. Various teams and various countries are at different stages and levels of fitness. Valerenga are in the middle of their season so you'd expect them to be fit.

"We'll expect our players to be sharper than they have been because it's another game (on in pre-season).

"They're certainly training very hard and they're looking fit enough. The only way they're going to get sharp is with what they do on the pitch."

Meanwhile, Liverpool's Managing Director Ian Ayre laid flowers in the centre of Oslo as a mark of respect to the 77 people who died in last month's terrorist attack.

Dalglish added his own words of sympathy: "Obviously everybody's aware of what's happened and you have a great deal of sympathy for the people who have lost someone.

"We're here and if they (the Liverpool fans here) can get a wee bit of comfort from seeing the team they support here, then we've done a little bit to help.

"Obviously the people here and closest to it will be a greater help for the people who are suffering but if we can play a small part, then good.

"We've been through some sad times ourselves and any help we can give, I'm sure the club will be willing to do so."