4 changes Liverpool must make to line-up against PSG including wildcard pick
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Liverpool suffered a hugely disappointing defeat by Manchester City on Saturday and Arne Slot must be planning changes to the line-up for this week's game against Paris Saint-GermainMohamed Salah should be dropped against Paris Saint-Germain(Image: 2026 Getty Images)Liverpool prepared for this week's huge Champions League game against Paris Saint-Germain in the worst possible fashion as Arne Slot's men were humiliated by Manchester City in the last eight of the FA Cup.Off the back of the international break, the Reds knew that they were facing a crunch couple of weeks that could potentially make or break their season. It has been a hugely disappointing season in the Premier League, but an unlikely double comprising the Champions League and FA Cup would, of course, have turned that disappointing season into a hugely successful one.Domestic silverware is now off the table, and it will be a tall order for Liverpool to progress in Europe against PSG over the coming days.READ MORE: Liverpool fans hit out at Reds defender after he 'gave up' in Man City defeatREAD MORE: BBC host Mark Chapman can only laugh at Liverpool's calamitous Man City displayTo give his team the best chance of doing so, Slot must make some changes from the team that lined up at the Etihad Stadium.Giorgi Mamardashvili will continue in goal due to Alisson's injury, while Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate will continue alongside each other in the center of defense – again, largely due to a lack of alternative options.Joe Gomez can play in the middle, but he also had a disappointing day against City, appearing to give up in the move that led to Erling Haaland's hat-trick goal, and he should make way at right-back for Jeremie Frimpong.Andy Robertson should line up in Paris(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)Frimpong has not had a good first season at Liverpool, largely due to fitness issues, but his pace will be useful against a speedy PSG attack.At left-back, a recall for Andy Robertson is a no-brainer – he has been Liverpool's best left-back this season despite playing significantly fewer minutes than new signing Milos Kerkez.Liverpool's midfield has been a problem for a while, but Ryan Gravenberch and Dominik Szoboszlai remain first-choice picks, and although Alexis Mac Allister's mobility has been an issue in recent times, he is still a better option than Curtis Jones to make up the midfield three.Florian Wirtz is an obvious pick, as is Hugo Ekitike – although Alexander Isak could make his return from the substitutes' bench in the Parc des Princes – but Mohamed Salah needs to be taken out of the team.
It is staggering just how poorly he is playing at the moment, considering he began the last calendar year as the favorite to scoop the Ballon d'Or.Plenty of fans would disagree with me (and plenty of fans would also perhaps agree), but Rio Ngumoha should start in Salah's place.Losing his place in the team to a teenager would not go down well with the Egyptian, who has a combustible streak in him, but he is leaving at the end of the season anyway and Ngumoha has looked far more dangerous than the legendary 33-year-old when he has played this year.Add to that the fact that Ngumoha would largely be an unknown quantity to PSG, and he could be the perfect wildcard option to introduce in what is now Liverpool's biggest game of the season.Proposed Liverpool team vs. PSG: Mamardashvili; Frimpong, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Wirtz, Ngumoha, Ekitike