Quite a lot of rotational choices are unavailable to Arne Slot as Liverpool put together for his or her third Champions League recreation of the season, with accidents beginning to pile up.
Wednesday night represents a gathering of the early home league leaders, as Liverpool meet Bundesliga’s present joint-frontrunners Leipzig on their house soil.
Each groups head into the fixture off the again of a victory, and with accidents to think about all through their squad. It leaves query marks over how Slot will method a recreation that precedes a visit to Arsenal.
Right here’s how he might look to arrange in Germany.
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Forward of the official squad record being confirmed, Liverpool’s coaching session on the AXA on Tuesday supplied us a take a look at who’s up for choice:
Liverpool’s XI vs. Leipzig
Within the earlier two Champions League fixtures, Slot restricted his modifications to his beginning lineup to not more than two – however his method will certainly change contemplating the schedule and his choices.
The Dutchman commented on the Sunday-Wednesday turnaround when discussing Alisson‘s ill-timed damage, which will likely be taking part in on his thoughts.
To that finish, Jarell Quansah might give Ibrahima Konate a well timed relaxation towards his former membership, with Kostas Tsimikas to once more rotate into the XI instead of Andy Robertson.
Alexis Mac Allister skilled on Tuesday after taking part in simply 9 minutes towards Chelsea, so he should be able to return to the midfield.
And with Chiesa and Jota sidelined, the choices up high usually are not as huge and it’s onerous to look past Mohamed Salah, Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez in assault:
Quansah and Tsimikas come into the defence
Mac Allister returns and Jones strikes into attacking midfield position
Diaz takes Gakpo’s spot and Nunez will get second European begin
That may make 5 modifications from Sunday’s lineup:
Kelleher; Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Gravenberch, Jones, Mac Allister; Salah, Diaz, Nunez
With this the second recreation of seven within the area of 21 days, and Arsenal subsequent up on the weekend, we might even see six modifications to the XI.
It’s one that might nonetheless be greater than able to getting a end result, and it might see Joe Gomez begin solely his second recreation of the season at right-back, with Konate there to assist.
Wataru Endo is properly and really on the perimeter with simply 85 minutes to this point, however Gravenberch wants a relaxation in some unspecified time in the future having performed essentially the most minutes of any Pink at membership and worldwide degree (1,250).
There may be loads of expertise and an injection of recent legs, and 5 substitutions all through the sport affords Slot additional flexibility ought to he must make modifications all through:
Gomez and Tsimikas each are available in at full-back
Endo makes his second begin of the season
Salah, Diaz and Nunez lead the road
These tweaks seem like this:
Kelleher; Gomez, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Endo, Jones, Mac Allister; Salah, Diaz, Nunez
Whereas a handful of apparent rotation choices are unavailable, it’s nonetheless onerous to see Slot retaining his modifications to a minimal for this one – particularly realizing there are nonetheless 5 extra Champions League video games left on this part.
Leipzig are but to register some extent within the competitors, whereas Liverpool sit among the many high eight having gained each their video games.
The German outfit won’t be underestimated, however both of the abovementioned beginning lineups should be able to taking factors again to Merseyside.
