Liverpool handed late fitness boost for PSG clash as Slot set to be without trio
Liverpool handed late fitness boost for PSG clash as Slot set to be without trio

Liverpool have received a timely fitness boost ahead of their Champions League round-of-16 second leg against Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield on Tuesday night. Dutch forward Cody Gakpo is expected to be available for selection after recovering from a knock sustained in late February.

Gakpo was part of Liverpool's travelling squad for the first leg in Paris but was omitted from the matchday squad by manager Arne Slot. He also missed Saturday's Premier League win over Southampton. However, Slot has confirmed the 25-year-old will be fit for the crucial clash.

The Reds hold a slender 1-0 aggregate lead after Harvey Elliott's late strike secured an unlikely victory at the Parc des Princes last week. Should all go to plan, Liverpool will be without only three senior players: Joe Gomez, Conor Bradley and Tyler Morton.

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The full squad available includes goalkeepers Alisson Becker, Caoimhin Kelleher and Vitezslav Jaros; defenders Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Jarell Quansah, Andy Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas; midfielders Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Wataru Endo, Harvey Elliott, James McConnell, Curtis Jones and Trey Nyoni; and forwards Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez, Federico Chiesa, Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota, Cody Gakpo and Rio Ngumoha.

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