Arne Slot faces the primary quick turnaround of his Liverpool profession because the Reds journey to Italy to play AC Milan within the Champions League.

Liverpool are again at Europe’s prime desk after a 12 months’s hiatus, and up first is a visit to San Siro the place they play a Milan facet coming off the again of a 4-0 win towards Venezia.

The Reds, after all, had a bumpier build-up, dropping 1-0 at Anfield to Nottingham Forest, however a sport three days later gives the right likelihood to show the loss was only a blip.

This being Liverpool’s second sport of seven in 22 days, Slot is prone to rotate. Nonetheless, as we noticed towards Forest, it isn’t one thing he’s overly eager on at this stage of his Liverpool profession.

Right here’s how the Reds may line up towards AC Milan.

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Liverpool’s XI vs. AC Milan

With Slot’s reign nonetheless in its infancy, it’s tough to foretell how he’ll choose his groups when Liverpool’s fixtures start to stack up.

We are able to, although, take some hints from the substitutions we noticed towards Forest, as those that have been withdrawn early usually tend to begin in Milan.

Right here is a method Liverpool may line up:

That is how Liverpool would begin:

Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister; Salah, Jota, Diaz

Whereas it’s obvious that Slot isn’t an enormous fan of rotation at this second in time, he could also be compelled into adjustments for this sport.

Seven of his beginning XI on the weekend had performed most minutes for his or her nationwide staff over the worldwide break, so we may see a few these males drop out on this state of affairs.

• Curtis Jones will get his first begin since coming back from harm, as Dominik Szoboszlai drops out having performed the complete 90 minutes towards Forest
• Conor Bradley‘s common minutes from the bench serve him properly as he is available in with full match sharpness
• Darwin Nunez performs by the center as Liverpool search to maintain Jota match this season

Right here’s how this alternate staff would look:

Alisson; Bradley, Quansah, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Jones; Salah, Nunez, Diaz

This season can be a studying curve for Slot and his staff which would require some persistence.

That shouldn’t imply we are able to’t ask for achievement this 12 months, although, and a win away at AC Milan, to go together with victory at Outdated Trafford, could be an actual marker of Liverpool’s potential.