Liverpool vs Real Madrid: Team news

“Trent is in the squad, but will not be in the starting line-up,” explained head coach Arne Slot during the pre-match press conference on Tuesday.

“He might be able to do a few minutes, in an ideal world maybe not, but if it’s really necessary he can do a few minutes tomorrow but he won’t start.”

The Dutchman added: “Federico is not in the squad yet. He trains with us, not the whole session, but usually one or two parts of the session.

“Harvey Elliott is on the team, but hasn’t played competitively in a long time – so he’s there, but of course not ready to start yet.

“Alisson isn’t there yet, Diogo isn’t there yet, Kostas isn’t there yet – he’s got an injury too, so it’s quite a long list for us too.”

There is a yellow card for both Ibrahima Konate or Alexis Mac Allister In this game they would be suspended for Liverpool’s next Champions League game – away at Girona.

Carlo Ancelotti’s Real will be without their top goalscorer. Vinicius Jr.at Anfield due to an injury.

“Since he’s not playing, we have to expect something different,” Slot said. “I think he has played almost every game for Madrid, so now again it is quite difficult for us to understand what to expect.

“But we know what we can expect are 11 players with great quality and we are trying to prepare them as best we can.

“Will (Jew) Bellingham play as 10? Will he play from the left? Will he play from the right? will Endrick Come in? will (Arda) Güler Start? They have so many options that it’s now a little harder for us to see what they’re going to do. If Vinicius had been fit I think I would have figured out their line-up, but now it might be a bit of a surprise for us.

“But we know that we have eleven great players in a very good team.”

Several other older players including Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, David Alaba, Aurelien Tchouameni And RodrygoThey were also not part of the 19-person traveling squad Los Blancos announced on Monday.