Liverpool will play hosts to AS Roma at Anfield on Tuesday night looking to secure a positive result ahead of the second leg in Rome next week. The Reds are in with a great chance to progress into the final of the UEFA Champions League but standing in their way, would be a solid AS Roma team who managed to knock Barcelona out of this edition of Europe’s premier cup competition. Jurgen Klopp is expected to make some changes after his makeshift side failed to see out a victory against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. It is expected that it would be another magical European night at Anfield with the atmosphere set to be even more electrifying.
The history of this fixture makes a grim reading for the Italian outfit as they have lost three of their past five meetings with Liverpool in European competitions. Jurgen Klopp will name his strongest squad for this match and is expected to opt for a 4-3-3 formation. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain should return to the starting lineup along with Roberto Firmino. However, Emre Can and Joel Matip remain long-term casualties and could be ruled out for this contest.
4-3-3 Liverpool Predicted Lineup To Face AS Roma
Defence
Loris Karius is expected to start in goal for the Merseyside club while Simon Mignolet settles for a place on the bench. The German shot-stopper might be shielded by a backline of Dejan Lovren and Virgil Van Dijk in central defence while Andrew Robertson starts in the left-back position and Trent Alexander-Arnold is deployed on the right-hand side of the back four.
Both Alberto Moreno and Joe Gomez might miss out on this contest after they featured for the full 90 minutes versus West Bromwich Albion last weekend. Jurgen Klopp will be hoping that his defenders can keep it tight at the back versus the Italian club on Tuesday night so that they have a good chance of securing a positive result at Anfield which could give them an ideal platform to progress into the final.
Midfield
The trio of James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Jordan Henderson could be deployed at the centre of the park and the performance of these players will be crucial if the home team are to break down the AS Roma defence at Anfield.
Georginio Wijnaldum could be available for a place on the bench for this encounter against Eusebio Di Francesco’s side.
Attack
The front three would consist of Roberto Firmino spearheading the Reds attack while Sadio Mane looks to use his pace and guile down the left flank. Mohamed Salah will start on the right side of the Liverpool attack and will hope to get his name on the scoresheet against his former club. Danny Ings and Dominic Solanke could be available on the bench and might come on during the contest if needed.
