Liverpool injury, suspension list: Team news and predicted line-up vs Barcelona

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David Lynch30 April 2019

Roberto Firmino has travelled to Spain with the Liverpool first-team squad ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final meeting with Barcelona.

But Jurgen Klopp has revealed that he will make a late decision on whether the Brazilian is fit enough to feature at Camp Nou.

Firmino was left out of Friday’s 5-0 win over Huddersfield Town at Anfield having sustained a groin injury in the final training session prior to the game.

He has, however, recovered sufficiently to put himself in contention for this week’s heavyweight European fixture, according to Klopp.

“Yes, of course [it’s a huge boost],” the manager told the club’s official website.

“We all knew from the beginning it would be a race. We don’t have to make a decision today because there’s no game today, we can wait. It looked good so far but until tomorrow I have to make that decision – after lunchtime tomorrow. That’s what I will do.

“Of course, that’s what you have to do in a situation when it’s a race for one player, you have to prepare all the other things. That’s what we did. We had not too many sessions but we had this afternoon a very important one and tomorrow morning a little one.

“Then we should be prepared for the game. It’s all good. We have 23 with us to Barcelona, so enough choices for me to make. That’s what I will do.”

Reds midfielder Fabinho was also part of the travelling party after overcoming the head injury that forced him to miss his team’s last Premier League assignment.

On the former Monaco man, Klopp added: “He was not available. Every human being needs time and he needed that time, but it was already three or four days ago; if the Huddersfield game would have been a day later he could have played, but it was just impossible for that game. But it’s OK.

“It’s so important [to have a break]. This is now the most intense period of a long, long season because we now have three games in six days and we need to think about different things. Of course, with the opponents we have it’s difficult. But the boys are all in good shape so we will use as many as possible.”

With rumours of an injury to Mohamed Salah proving wide of the mark, Adam Lallana is now Klopp’s only definite absentee for Wednesday.

The Englishman has not appeared since the last international break as a result of a muscle injury.

Predicted XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Matip, Robertson, Fabinho, Henderson, Milner, Salah, Mane, Firmino.

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