Liverpool and Barcelona name XIs for Champions League semi-final | OneFootball

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Alex Mott·7 May 2019

Liverpool and Barcelona name XIs for Champions League semi-final

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Liverpool and Barcelona have named their starting XIs for Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg at Anfield.

Barça go into the match with a 3-0 lead from the first match, a match in which Lionel Messi stole the show with two late goals.


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Naturally, the Argentine forward starts this evening alongside Luis Suárez – on his first return to Anfield after leaving the club back in 2014.

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In fact, it’s the same line-up as last time out with Philippe Coutinho also playing at his old ground while Sergi Roberto is preferred at right-back.

For the home side, it’s a changed line-up from the first leg at Camp Nou with Mohamed Salah being deemed unfit following his concussion at the weekend.

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It means that Divock Origi comes into the attack with Xherdan Shaqiri also getting a rare start.

Gini Wijnaldum, who played so well in Spain, is dropped to the bench with Jordan Henderson coming.

Trent Alexander-Arnold replaces Joe Gomez.