Why Trent Alexander-Arnold is on the bench for Liverpool against Real Madrid

Trent Alexander-Arnold is not successful the Liverpool starting XI against Real Madrid connected Wednesday nighttime arsenic helium continues his betterment from a hamstring injury.

The England planetary missed the caller planetary interruption and Liverpool’s triumph implicit Southampton astatine the play owed to helium problem.

Arne Slot confirmed astatine a pre-match property league connected Tuesday that the 26-year-old tin feature, but not yet from the commencement of a match.

‘Trent is successful the squad but helium volition not beryllium disposable to start,’ Slot said connected up of the immense clash astatine Anfield.

‘He tin possibly marque a fewer minutes, successful an perfect satellite helium possibly doesn’t, but if it is truly indispensable helium tin marque a fewer minutes time but helium is not going to start.’

Slot besides provided updates connected Federico Chiesa, Harvey Elliott, Alisson Becker, Diogo Jota and Kostas Tsimikas, with mixed news.

‘Federico is not successful the squad yet. He is grooming with us, not the full session, but mostly 1 oregon 2 parts of the session,’ said the Dutchman.

‘Harvey Elliott is successful the squad but hasn’t played for a agelong clip competitory shot so, helium is there, but of people not acceptable to start.

‘Alisson is not determination yet, Diogo is not determination yet, Kostas is not determination – helium is having an wounded arsenic well, truthful it’s rather a database for america arsenic well.’

Alexander-Arnold has been powerfully linked with a determination to Liverpool’s opponents, with his declaration moving retired astatine the extremity of the season.

The Reds prima is thought to beryllium tempted to nexus up with his person Jude Bellingham successful Madrid and the midfielder was asked astir that this week.

‘I’ll beryllium playing alongside him adjacent play for England anyway, hopefully. That’ll beryllium a guarantee,’ Bellingham said connected Tuesday.

‘He’s a Liverpool player, and I deliberation it’s disrespectful to travel to his location contiguous and talk earlier a immense crippled and talk astir thing that could beryllium misconstrued.

‘So it’s important to instrumentality that unit disconnected him. He’s a truly bully mate of excavation and I privation him to bash truly well, normally. Obviously, not time night.

‘We’ll spot what happens, but he’s a Liverpool player.’

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