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26th May 2018
10:29am BST

It leaves only the right back slot up for debate and, whilst Trent Alexander-Arnold has won the hearts of the Kop, whilst he's been there through these biggest achievements and whilst he wrapped Leroy Sane in clingfilm and stored him securely in his back pocket at Anfield, his position is still the one most under threat.
The return of Nathaniel Clyne has seen some Liverpool fans call for the inclusion of the more experienced full back - to not take the risk on the 19-year-old when he has been suspect in other games like the Old Trafford pumping.
That day, Jose Mourinho unashamedly targeted the Liverpool right side of defence. Every single ball was sent down the throat of Marcus Rashford, whilst big Romelu Lukaku peeled out on Dejan Lovren and United peppered the opposition in that area until they wilted and wilt they did with Rashford scoring twice in the first half and Alexander-Arnold looking more and more unsure.
He's recovered since that and has been called up to the England World Cup squad - but so has Phil Jones and Danny Welbeck.
What's worrying Liverpool supporters most is the prospect of two of the best attackers in world football making hay on the Real Madrid left. It's only Marcelo and Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Whoever it is, it's going to be a tough night.
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Clyne, of course, is a risk in itself.
He's only featured five times for Liverpool this season having been out until April and he's only racked up 184 minutes since coming back.
Jurgen Klopp threw him on to see out the Roma game at the very end when it somehow fell onto a knife edge and he did start him against Chelsea in a game that Liverpool were targeting to win to secure Champions League next season so Clyne isn't not an option anyway.
And, after seeing what happened at Old Trafford, after seeing Man City so obviously try something similar by sending everything down the left, maybe Jurgen Klopp won't want to encourage the same sort of carryon when you could have Ronaldo and Marcelo coming at the teenager with every attack Real get.Explore more on these topics: