Wirtz benched, Mamardashvili starts: Predicted Liverpool XI to take on Galatasaray

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Liverpool will be hoping to start their Champions League knockouts journey with a win over Galatasaray, and here’s the lineup we think Arne Slot will go with. The first stop Liverpool’s road to Budapest is a return to the Galatasaray cauldron where the Reds were beaten earlier this season.

Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images Arne Slot sees Galatasaray as a unique challenge, and he will be cautious in his approach to avoid giving Liverpool a deficit to turn around next week. Alisson out, Giorgi Mamardashvili starts with Liverpool’s strongest back fourAlisson had issues in Liverpool training that rule him out of the trip to Istanbul.

Photo by Abdulhamid Hosbas/Anadolu via Getty ImagesNo Florian Wirtz in the Liverpool midfield Florian Wirtz is back in contention for Slot, but this doesn’t feel like a good game to reintroduce him. DISCUSS: This is not the game for Rio Ngumoha, nor for the returning Florian Wirtz 👇 Predicted XI Liverpool vs Galatasaray Liverpool can’t afford to not turn up against the Super Lig leaders, who have more than enough quality to punish Slot’s side.