For many of us, this fixture was already sufficiently big however with each Xabi Alonso and Trent Alexander-Arnold returning to Anfield – it’s about to really feel very completely different.
As confirmed by way of realmadrid.com, the Spanish giants have named their travelling squad for Tuesday night time’s Champions League conflict, and it contains each the previous Liverpool midfielder and the defender who left Merseyside for Madrid in the summertime.
Actual Madrid verify travelling squad for Anfield
Alonso’s facet skilled at Valdebebas this morning earlier than flying to England, with their session together with urgent drills, tactical work and ending observe.
Antonio Rudiger, David Alaba and Dani Carvajal had been absent by means of damage, whereas teenager Mastantuono labored individually indoors.
The 22-man squad contains Mbappe, Bellingham, Vinicius Jr, Endrick and Trent Alexander-Arnold, and lands in Liverpool later right now.
Actual Madrid squad: Courtois, Lunin, Gonzalez; Militao, Trent, Asencio, Carreras, Fran Garcia, Mendy, Huijsen; Bellingham, Camavinga, Valverde, Tchouameni, Guler, Ceballos; Vini Jr, Endrick, Mbappe, Rodrygo, Gonzalo, Brahim.
For Alonso, it’s one other emotional return to the bottom the place he helped encourage us to that unforgettable Istanbul night time in 2005.
For Trent, it’s the other – a stroll again into the place he as soon as referred to as dwelling, now carrying the shirt that was his dream opponent’s.
Liverpool put together for emotional Anfield night time
This follows Trent’s interview with Amazon Prime Video Sport, the place he stated “It doesn’t matter what, my emotions received’t change in the direction of Liverpool” – feedback that solely deepened the anticipation for what’s coming when his title is learn out at Anfield.
In the meantime, there’s combined information on our personal squad forward of the sport, with Paul Joyce’s damage replace confirming Curtis Jones’ return however one other setback for Alexander Isak, who missed Monday’s coaching session at Kirkby.
No matter occurs, Tuesday night time received’t simply be about factors or qualification.
It’ll be about two males who as soon as wore our purple strolling again into our floor – one as a legend, the opposite as a reminder that loyalty in soccer doesn’t all the time final eternally.
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