{"id":333143,"date":"2026-03-07T03:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T03:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/333143\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T03:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T03:43:09","slug":"liverpools-confirmed-xi-vs-wolves-as-arne-slot-makes-rio-ngumoha-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/333143\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool\u2019s confirmed XI vs Wolves as Arne Slot makes Rio Ngumoha decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=rousingthekop.com \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Add as preferred source on Google <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Arne Slot has confirmed his Liverpool starting XI and bench for the FA Cup fifth-round meeting with Wolverhampton Wanderers.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds head into the fixture looking for revenge after they suffered something of a shock <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/2026\/03\/03\/liverpool-player-ratings-vs-wolves-as-4-10-duo-badly-struggle-during-dismal-defeat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2-1 loss to Wolves<\/a> in the Premier League earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>With the Premier League title race long past <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> and the Champions League full of more high-quality sides, the FA Cup represents what is probably the best chance the Merseyside outfit have to win some form of silverware in 2025\/26, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/tag\/arne-slot\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slot<\/a>\u00a0has named a strong squad.<\/p>\n<p> Finally a start for Ngumoha! What changes you making to this Liverpool XI then? \ud83e\udd14 <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RTK-70-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Arne Slot pictured during Liverpool's Premier League match against Brighton at Anfield.\" class=\"wp-image-286895\" \/>Credit: Simon Stacpoole\/Offside\/Getty Images       Arne Slot starts Rio Ngumoha for Liverpool\u2019s FA Cup meeting with Wolves<\/p>\n<p>The main talking point ahead of the fixture was what Slot would do with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/tag\/rio-ngumoha\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rio Ngumoha<\/a>, who has been impressing as a substitute in the last few matches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/2026\/02\/22\/jamie-carragher-tells-arne-slot-what-to-do-with-rio-ngumoha-after-he-changed-the-game-vs-forest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo\u2019s form<\/a> has been questioned of late, with Jamie Carragher previously suggesting the 17-year-old did more than both senior players despite playing a far fewer minutes against Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n<p>Then, after watching the midweek loss to Wolves, Steven Gerrard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/2026\/03\/04\/steven-gerrard-tells-arne-slot-why-rio-ngumoha-has-to-start-for-liverpool-in-the-fa-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">urged Slot to start Ngumoha<\/a> for this evening\u2019s FA Cup meeting in the Midlands.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the squad, there were a couple more notable changes, including Andy Robertson starting at left-back.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Add as preferred source on Google Arne Slot has confirmed his Liverpool starting XI and bench for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[16118,42,43,32541,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-333143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-arne-slot","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-rio-ngumoha","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333143","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=333143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}