Liverpool have been drawn in opposition to LaLiga giants Actual Madrid throughout final month’s league part poll.
The Reds host Xabi Alonso‘s facet at Anfield on November 4 later this 12 months, however the guests might be with out one in all their key defenders for the conflict.
Alonso is not going to be the one ex-Liverpool man making a return to his previous stomping floor as Trent Alexander-Arnold returns to Merseyside for the primary time in knowledgeable capability.
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The academy graduate swapped Liverpool for Madrid this previous summer time, leaving on an preliminary free switch on the finish of his Reds contract.
Actual Madrid subsequently paid €10 million (£8.4 million) to accumulate the defender one month earlier than the expiry of his deal so as to have him accessible for the FIFA Membership World Cup.
Alexander-Arnold’s exit rankled amongst some sections of the Liverpool fanbase, who believed he didn’t go about leaving the membership in the proper method.
Others, nevertheless, took the view that Alexander-Arnold had the proper to pursue the most effective contract supply and a brand new problem having gained the Champions League and Premier League titles along with his boyhood membership.
The England worldwide has featured in every of Actual’s first three LaLiga matches this season, sustaining a 100 per cent document at Santiago Bernabeu.
One in all Alexander-Arnold’s teammates will play no half within the Anfield fixture, after it was revealed Antonio Rudiger has sustained a muscle damage to his left leg.
Rudiger is about to be sidelined for about three months, in accordance with Fabrizio Romano, that means he might be absent for the journey to Liverpool.
The ex-Chelsea man has performed a minimal of 48 matches for Actual Madrid in every of his three seasons within the Spanish capital, taking part in 50 instances throughout all competitions final time period.
His damage leaves Madrid with Dean Huijsen and Eder Militao as the 2 main central defenders, supported by David Alaba and Aurelien Tchouameni, though neither member of the latter pairing are thought of pure centre-backs.
Liverpool topped the league part standings final season and might be aiming for a top-eight end as soon as extra this 12 months.
