Liverpool has a 1-0 lead to preserve over PSG in the Champions League with Arne Slot having named his starting XI for the visit of the Ligue 1 giant to Anfield.
The hero of the first game, Alisson Becker, will be hoping for a quieter outing here but will likely have to play his part again. The back four is the same as at the Parc des Princes, with Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk in the middle and Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson at full-back.
In midfield, Liverpool has gone with the usual first-choice trio. That means Ryan Gravenberch is at the base with Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai on either side of him.
Mohamed Salah was quiet in the first leg but the Liverpool talisman will have a point to prove in the second. He starts on the right-hand side with Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz making up the attack. Cody Gakpo, back from injury, and Darwin Nunez are among the options who can be called upon from the bench.
“Liverpool is a club which lives for big European nights and the aim tonight is a simple one; let’s add another to our collection,” Van Dijk, the Reds captain, writes in the official matchday program. “I personally have so many amazing Anfield memories when it comes to the Champions League.
“I remember the wins over Manchester City and AS Roma in my first few months with the club. I remember Napoli and Barcelona in the season we became European champions, and more recently, I remember games against Benfica, Villarreal, Bayer Leverkusen and Real Madrid.
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“All of those nights had things in common. We were there testing ourselves against the very best teams, knowing that one slip could cost us everything. We had to combine quality with intensity, stay calm in certain moments and step it up in others.
“We had to have the perfect mentality, maintaining belief and confidence at all times while making sure we were humble enough to run and to battle and to fight for 90-plus minutes. And, perhaps most importantly, we needed our supporters to help push us to victory.”
Liverpool starting XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Jota, Diaz. Subs: Kelleher, Jaros, Tsimikas, Quansah, Elliott, Endo, Jones, McConnell, Chiesa, Nunez, Gakpo.
PSG starting XI: Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Neves, Ruiz, Vitinha; Kvaratskhelia, Dembele, Barcola. Subs: Tenas, Safonov, Beraldo, Kimpembe, Hernandez, Mayulu, Mbaye, Lee, Doue, Zaire-Emery, Ramos.
