Confirmed Liverpool XI to take on Champions League holders PSG with one shock exclusion

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Liverpool’s confirmed lineup to face PSG in the Champions League has just come out.This is the biggest game of the season, and Arne Slot has dropped Mo Salah to the bench. In goal, Giorgi Mamardashvili keeps his place for what is comfortably Liverpool’s biggest night of the campaign so far.Ahead of him, Slot has gone with a back four of Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate and Milos Kerkez.There are no real surprises in midfield, where Ryan Gravenberch, Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister start as Liverpool look for the right blend of control, energy and composure against a formidable PSG trio.The main intrigue comes further forward.Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty ImagesFrimpong is included from the start and, as things stand, he looks set to operate somewhere down that right-hand side, though exactly how advanced his role will be remains to be seen once the game kicks off.He joins Hugo Ekitike and Florian Wirtz in an attacking trio that looks packed with pace, movement and technical quality, even if the headline team news will inevitably be Salah being left among the substitutes.

Can this XI get out of Paris with the tie still in reach? 👀 RTK starting XI It is a huge call from Slot, but one that suggests he has a tactical plan. Let’s see how it pans out.

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