Arne Slot Team Maintains Perfect Record

Liverpool, Beritasatu.com – Champions League on Thursday (28/11/2024) early morning, around 03.00 WIB, there will be an exciting match between Liverpool vs Real Madrid. These two sworn enemy teams will meet under different conditions.

Arne Slot’s troops are the only club that has never lost in the Champions League. In the four matches that have been played, Liverpool have collected perfect points (12) and are in third place in the group stage.

On the other hand, Real Madrid slumped to 21st position in the standings. Carlo Ancelotti’s troops have played four matches and have only collected 6 points. Los Blancos have suffered two defeats to AC Milan (1-3) and Lille (0-1).

In the local competition, both clubs have just achieved maximum results in the matches they played. In the English Premier League Liverpool came from behind with Mohamed Salah leading the Reds to a 3-2 win over Southampton. Meanwhile Real Madrid won 3-0 over Leganes.

Under the control of Arne Slot, Liverpool became a strong team in the English Premier League with 10 wins in 12 matches. The Liverpool vs Real Madrid match was one of the toughest weeks for The Reds who at the weekend will face defending English Premier League champions Manchester City.

In their last match in the Champions League, Liverpool won 4-0 over Bayer Leverkusen. The Reds are the only team that still maintains a perfect record in the 2024/2025 Champions League. They now have the opportunity to repeat their record of winning five times in a row in the Champions League in 2021/2022.

The Liverpool vs Real Madrid duel is like a repeat of the 2018 and 2022 Champions League finals. In the last eight Liverpool vs Real Madrid meetings, Los Blancos have won seven times, including a landslide 4-0 victory at Anfield in 2009.

But two defeats against Milan and Lille have put Real Madrid on a worrying path to qualifying for the next round of the Champions League.

Now Real Madrid must determine their priorities, with the choice of the Spanish League or the Champions League. Their current position means that Carlo Ancelotti must be able to set his targets for this season.

Outperform Blaugrana (Barcelona) is no longer Real’s priority at the moment, because Los Blancos are trying to avoid an undesirable fate that they have never experienced in the Champions League, namely losing three group phase/league phase matches in one season.

Team Condition Ahead of the Liverpool vs Real Madrid match, the conditions in Arne Slot’s dressing room were considered conducive. There was only one additional player, Harvey Elliott, who suffered an injury while appearing against Southampton.

Other Liverpool players, Kostas Tsimikas (ankle injury), Alisson Becker (hamstring), Diogo Jota (abdomen), Federico Chiesa (fitness) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (hamstring) are confirmed to be absent.

Trent Alexander-Arnold has returned to training with his team. Arne Slot has also confirmed that Alexander-Arnold will be included in the team that hosts Real Madrid.

Meanwhile Real Madrid will have to struggle without mainstay Vinicius Junior for the trip to Anfield. The Brazilian player suffered a hamstring injury in the match against Leganes.

The medical report shows that Vinicius will be out for several weeks. He will join the list of Real Madrid players with long-term injuries such as David Alaba, Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, Rodrygo and Aurelien Tchouameni.

The player who has recovered from injury and is ready to play is Lucas Vazquez. However, Ancelotti seems to have chosen the Madrid squad that beat Leganes at the weekend and then fielded at Anfield.

Estimated line-up for Liverpool vs Real Madrid

Liverpool (GK), Kelleher, Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Alliste, Salah, Szoboszlai, Diaz, Nunez.

Real Madrid: Courtois (GK), Valverde, Asencio, Rudiger, Mendy, Camavinga, Modric, Guler, Bellingham, Diaz, Mbappe.