RB Leipzig vs Liverpool LIVE: Champions League team news and lineups as Szoboszlai and Mac Allister start

Liverpool have been put by means of their paces forward of this match. They overcame Chelsea on the weekend and one other victory tonight can be a giant bonus for Arne Slot’s aspect.

Liverpool are unbeaten of their final 12 conferences with German opposition in all European competitors (profitable 9 and drawing three).

Arne Slot makes three adjustments to the Liverpool workforce that defeated Chelsea on the weekend. Kostas Tsimikas comes into the defence rather than Andy Robertson.

In midfield Alexis Mac Allister is available in for Curtis Jones whereas Darwin Nunez begins and Diogo Jota drops out as a consequence of damage.

RB Leipzig XI: Gulacsi, Geertruida, Orban, Nusa, Haidara, Simons, Openda, Vermeeren, Lukeba, Sesko, Henrichs

Liverpool XI: Kelleher; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Nunez, Gakpo

Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai makes his return to a former membership tonight when the Reds face RB Leipzig.

In 91 appearances for Leipzig between 2021 and 2023, Szoboszlai scored 20 targets and supplied 22 assists. He received the German Cup in each 2021/22 and 2022/23, scoring the second aim within the latter victory – his final sport for the German membership.

When Arne Slot had instructed Chelsea have been potential champions, it posed the query of whether or not they may sustain with Manchester Metropolis, Arsenal and Liverpool. It quickly transpired they might not sustain with the Joneses.

Or not Curtis Jones, anyway. Winners should not all the time scored by the very best participant on the pitch however, in a match that might form two golf equipment’ seasons, this one was.

Jones’ show of extraordinary dynamism restored Liverpool to the highest of the desk. It meant that Chelsea, already crushed by Manchester Metropolis, have failed their two greatest exams of the season to date. Liverpool, now seven factors away from them, have handed their hardest.

RB Leipzig have ot received within the Champions League but this season however their supervisor Marco Rose isn’t too frightened in regards to the scenario and hopes his gamers will be capable of take factors away from Liverpool this night.

“To lose is rarely good, we’re not relaxed, however we all know we may have received extra factors with possibly a greater efficiency an with extra luck,” Rose mentioned when requested about their Champions League marketing campaign to date.

“Now we face Liverpool, one other nice workforce. It’s our third match with 5 extra arising, additionally towards sturdy opponents. Contemplating our begin to this competitors, in fact there’s a little little bit of strain constructed up.

“(Wednesday) is not going to be decisive however will probably be necessary to get some factors, to alleviate a number of the strain, and it could be cool to start out that towards Liverpool.”

Leipzig coach Marco Rose is aware of Klopp higher than most, having spent six seasons enjoying for him at Mainz, and he discovered an enormous quantity from his outdated boss, each as a participant and now a coach.

“(Once I was a participant) he all the time introduced lots of vitality into our workforce,” Rose mentioned. “Perhaps we might be feeling weak however he got here in and gave us the arrogance, the facility to play the subsequent match and to consider in your self, to consider that each scenario might be circled.

“As a coach, you possibly can be taught lots from him. We’d not all the time have been of the identical opinion, however how he leads a bunch is exclusive, his honesty. Then it’s particularly about defending that I discovered from him lots.

“He is a good character and a fantastic particular person. I beloved working along with him and I’m comfortable that we’ll work collectively once more.”

Federico Chiesa was one among Liverpool’s summer season signings and would have anticipated to play a giant half of their campaigns within the Premier League and Champions League this season.

However, he’s been plagued with a scarcity of match health as a consequence of accidents and different elements that means he’s nonetheless not obtainable to Arne Slot.

“He missed a whole pre-season, I mentioned this many occasions, and going to a league the place the depth would possibly even be increased than the Italian league. We simply confronted the 2 Italian groups so I can say this now,” mentioned Slot.

“In order that makes it troublesome for him to make the step in the direction of the depth ranges the remainder of the workforce is at in the mean time. That has not a lot to do with the Italian league or the Premier League, that has extra to do with him lacking a whole pre-season and that’s so troublesome for each participant – when the video games are continually there – to construct them up in the direction of the degrees we’re at.

“So, troublesome to say [a timeframe] however it’s a giant disappointment for him that he’s going out and in of the coaching classes on a regular basis.”

Diogo Jota was subbed off within the first half of Liverpool’s match towards Chelsea on the weekend and now appears set for a spell on the sidelines.

Liverpool boss Arne Slot addressed Jota’s damage saying: “We’ve a number of points in the mean time.

“He acquired a knock [on Sunday], like all of us noticed, when he was making an attempt to go to aim, introduced down. That was not the most important drawback however I believe the opposite participant fell onto him and that harm him that a lot that he couldn’t proceed to play and he couldn’t include us for now.

“It’s troublesome to evaluate at this second of time to see how lengthy that’s going to take. It’s bruised, so now we have to see how lengthy it will take.”