The Group E showdown at the Otkritie Arena next Tuesday night will go ahead as planned after the governing body chose to fine the Russian champions £50,000 instead.
Spartak supporters fired a flare in the direction of the referee during their team’s match with Slovenian side NK Maribor on matchday one.
But rather than prevent supporters from attending the visit of Jurgen Klopp’s side, UEFA have instead sensibly banned Spartak from selling tickets to their fans for their next away group game against Sevilla on November 1.
Liverpool have been allocated 1,145 tickets for next Tuesday’s match, with the club having already generously offered to pay the visa costs of £118.80 for all Reds supporters travelling to the game.
If UEFA had ruled that the match had to be played behind closed doors then hundreds would have been left out of pocket having already paid for flights and hotels.
Klopp spoke earlier today about the struggles of handling the ever-increasing pressure on Liverpool.
“Everywhere it’s the same but here a little bit more (in terms of expectation),” he said.
“Obviously it’s difficult in this place not to be number one, even though they were not number one in the last 25 years.
“Especially when the Manchester teams are flying, that makes it even more difficult but I cannot change this.”
Liverpool return to the King Power Stadium for the second time in five days on Saturday (17:30), to take on 2015/16 Premier League champions Leicester City.
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