My starting XI: Alisson Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson Fabinho, Henderson, Keïta Salah, Firmino, Mané Up top, after the Watford game, you can't really change it up, can you? Diogo Jota can come off the bench - with five substitutes allowed in the game, not starting is far from ending your chances of getting onto the pitch. I want Naby Keïta's incisiveness in there - though he will need to perform considerably better than he did on his last visit to Madrid. In midfield, James Milner is the man to drop out. I don't see a need to change the full-backs and Liverpool certainly need Trent Alexander-Arnold's precision in attack, so he definitely starts. Joël Matip appears to have the trust of Klopp when it comes to fitness issues, with the Cameroonian playing at the weekend despite him being needed here and on Sunday, so he and Virgil van Dijk are the defensive duo. There is enough time for most of the team that plays Manchester United to play here, too, so I'm not making loads of changes. Let's start with the obvious pair: Alisson and Fabinho are both starting having missed out on Saturday thanks to pandemic-enforced regulations and insane fixture scheduling by FIFA. Matt Addison - Keïta and Firmino deserve another go These are the teams that some of our writers would select. Jürgen Klopp's side can extend their lead at the top of Group B with a win, and anything other than a defeat for the Reds would mean they maintain their number one spot. The striker is not quite up there with the best in the world yet, but it won’t be long before he is challenging for the Ballon d’Or.Liverpool return to the Wanda Metropolitano once again to take on Atlético Madrid in the Champions League later tonight, with Alisson Becker and Fabinho back in contention having missed the 5-0 win over Watford on Saturday. His scoring statistics are frightening and he continues to terrorise defences all over Europe on a weekly basis. The 21-year-old has 18 goals in just 13 games this campaign for Dortmund and Norway, including seven goals in his last four Bundesliga games. It is easy to see why there is so much interest in the 2021 considering the way he has started this season for club and country. There is much speculation about where Haaland will join in 2022 when his transfer release clause at Borussia Dortmund becomes active. “Football has changed a lot. For many years, we had Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, and sometimes Neymar, but there’s no one who has shown more than they have.” 4. “For me, it’s tough to say who is the world’s best player because I measure it by those who play well for club and country. “Beside Salah, Liverpool have a good team that provides great support, and he looks happy there. Things are going well for Salah, but he’s not the best player in the world right now. He certainly isn’t a one-season wonder and I can understand why Jurgen Klopp called him the best in Europe. “For a long time now, he’s played excellent football. Kleberson said in a recent interview: “Mohamed Salah isn’t the best player in the world, but he’s been consistently brilliant. Ronaldo’s performances for Portugal also cannot go unnoticed as he continues to be prolific for the national team.įormer teammate Kleberson believes that Ronaldo and not Salah is the best right now, because of the combined effort for club and country. Ronaldo has shown why he is still among the best in the world at United