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<\/p>\nLiverpool boss Arne Slot admits he cannot guarantee Alexander-Arnold a warm reception when he makes his first return to Anfield since his acrimonious summer move to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n
Alexander-Arnold, who came through the club\u2019s academy system, was booed by his own fans when his departure was made public and can expect the same treatment during Tuesday\u2019s eagerly-anticipated Champions League showdown.<\/p>\n
However, Slot and his former team-mates are expected to welcome the defender back with open arms.<\/p>\n
Slot said: \u201cI have great memories of the player and the human being. He was my vice-captain last season and I have memories of working with him which were only positive.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow the fans\u2026I have no clue how that\u2019s going to be, but he gets a warm welcome from me, that\u2019s for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
A mural Alexander-Arnold has been vandalised ahead of his return to Anfield with Real Madrid. <\/p>\n
The large mural near Anfield was unveiled in 2019 following Liverpool\u2019s Champions League victory and was vandalised following the news Alexander-Arnold would leave, with the word \u2018Rat\u2019 daubed on it.<\/p>\n
The same word was written again multiple times on Tuesday morning while white paint was thrown over the picture, with workmen acting quickly to clean it.<\/p>\n
Here is all you need to know ahead of the big Anfield showdown.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Trent and Liverpool boss Arne Slot<\/p>\n
Slot urges patience as Florian Wirtz adjusts to intensity at Liverpool<\/p>\n
When is Liverpool v Real Madrid?<\/p>\n
The match will kick off at 8pm GMT on Tuesday 3 November at Anfield.<\/p>\n
How can I watch it?<\/p>\n
Viewers in Ireland can watch on Premier Sports 1 or Amazon Prime Video, with coverage getting underway from 6:30pm. Exiting Amazon Prime customers can stream the match online or through a connected TV. <\/p>\n
What is the team news?<\/p>\n
Ryan Gravenberch returned in the 2-0 win over Aston Villa but Alexander Isak is set to be unavailable due to a groin injury that has disrupted his start to his Liverpool career. Alisson Becker remains out.<\/p>\n
Arne Slot made several changes to his side on Saturday – with Hugo Ekitike the only new signing named in his starting side – and the Liverpool head coach could stick with that as he looks to build some consistency.<\/p>\n
Trent Alexander-Arnold was an unused substitute in Real Madrid\u2019s 4-0 win over Valencia on Saturday and is not guaranteed to start having only recently returned from a hamstring injury that interrupted his first few weeks at the club.<\/p>\n
Real Madrid have injury problems elsewhere in defence, however, with Dani Carvajal, Antonio Rudiger and David Alaba all currently sidelined.<\/p>\n
Possible line-ups<\/p>\n
Liverpool XI: Mamardashvili, Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Salah, Ekitike, Gakpo<\/p>\n
Real Madrid XI: Courtois; Valverde, Militao, Huijsen, Mendy; Tchouameni, Camavinga, Guler; Bellingham, Mbappe, Vinicius Jr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool boss Arne Slot admits he cannot guarantee Alexander-Arnold a warm reception when he makes his first return…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,5859,3166,112],"class_list":["post-121833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-liverpool-football-club","tag-real-madrid","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}