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Date – 10th March 2025
Venue – Anfield
Kick-off – 20.00
After a weekend 3-1 victory of Southampton in the Premier League and a week to internally prepare for the second leg against PSG, the Champions League comes back into full force for Liverpool Football Club with a Tuesday night spectacle under the famous Anfield lights, one which could illuminate all of Merseyside.
PSG Availability
PSG manager Luis Enrique will be visiting the six-time European champions with potentially a full squad of players. There was some solid rotation undertaken by the Spanish manager at the weekend as he prepared to unleash his team against Liverpool once more.
In terms of recent form, the French club overcame Rennes by a 1-4 scoreline away from home, following their home 0-1 defeat to Liverpool. The French club recorded an emphatic 4-1 over visiting Lille the weekend before solidifying their title ambitions. After 27 games played in Ligue 1, 65 points have been secured as they look set to win yet another domestic league championship.
The predicted lineup for the Ligue 1 club in a 4-3-3 formation is shown below. An attacking imprint will be delivered on this intriguing Champions League night, as a place in the quarter-final awaits the aggregate winner of this second leg.
GK – Gianluigi Donnarumma
RB – Achraf Hakimi
RCB – Marquinhos
LCB – Lucas Beraldo
LB – Nuno Mendes
CM – João Neves
CM – Fabián Ruiz
CM – Désiré Doué
RW – Ousmane Dembélé
CF – Bradley Barcola
LW – Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Liverpool Availability
Liverpool will be without Joe Gomez who has sustained a hamstring injury, one that could keep him sidelined for much of the remainder of the season. Tyler Morton is injured for an undetermined period and Conor Bradley has also sustained a hamstring strain that could keep him sidelined until after the upcoming international break. Cody Gakpo faces a late fitness test but should be able to make the match-day squad.
The weekend 3-1 win over Southampton followed the Reds 0-1 win away to PSG in the first leg of their last 16 Champions League tie. That unbelievable win came after their 2-0 home victory to Newcastle to secure a trio of wins before this upcoming game. With 29 matches played in the English top tier, Liverpool currently tops the Premier League standings with an outstanding 70-point tally, meaning only 16 points are needed to secure a 20th League title.
Here is the expected lineup that Arne Slot will field for this match against a team which was devastated by their defeat last week. The need to respond to the Anfield crowd will be vital to gaining momentum for the Reds after being dominated by the Ligue 1 team last week.
– GK: Alisson Becker
– RB: Trent Alexander Arnold
– RCB: Ibrahima Konaté
– LCB: Virgil van Dijk (c)
– LB: Andy Robertson
– CM: Ryan Gravenberch
– ACM: Dominik Szoboszlai
– CM: Alexis Mac Allister
– RF: Mohamed Salah
– CF: Diogo Jota
– LF: Luis Díaz
How Will This Contest Play Out?
Liverpool are expected to start fast and use the energy of the support to strangle the game away from their visitors. The urgency and power of Liverpool will have to cope with the brilliance of PSG’s devastating attack, however, I believe that the goal advantage and Anfield crowd will see the Reds over the line and into the quarter-finals.
Player to Watch: Alisson Becker
Steven Smith’s Score Prediction:
Liverpool 2 – 2 PSG (3-2 aet)
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