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Predicted Liverpool XI v RB Leipzig as Curtis Jones decision made and £160k-a-week star drops out
Liverpool are flying high at present and they will be eager to follow up their solid Premier League efforts with yet another win in the Champions League.
The Reds have won both of their games in the latter competition, overcoming both AC Milan and Bologna.
Up next for Liverpool are RB Leipzig away, with Arne Slot’s charges set to kick off against the Bundesliga side at 8pm on Wednesday.
TBR Football looks at who the Liverpool boss could name in his starting XI for the match at Leipzig’s Red Bull Arena.

Liverpool v RB Leipzig team news
Liverpool have a number of injury worries, with Diogo Jota staying behind on Merseyside due to the injury he picked up against Chelsea.
“We have a few issues at the moment,” Slot confirmed during his pre-match press conference, , as per the .
Slot then gave the latest news on Jota specifically, saying: “He got a knock [on Sunday], like we all saw, when he was trying to go to goal, brought down.
“That was not the biggest problem but I think the other player fell onto him and that hurt him that much that he couldn’t continue to play and he couldn’t come with us for now.
“It’s difficult to judge at this moment of time to see how long that’s going to take. It’s bruised, so we have to see how long it is going to take.”
Alisson Becker, Conor Bradley, Federico Chiesa and Harvey Elliott will also miss the match.
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Liverpool predicted XI
With Alisson still injured, Caoimhin Kelleher is once again expected to take the gloves for Liverpool.
Slot may well be tempted to rotate his centre-backs, but we predict that he’ll opt for his first-choice pairing of Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate.
Trent Alexander-Arnold came off on Sunday, suggesting he’ll start against Leipzig at right-back.
Then, we predict a change at left-back, with Kostas Tsimikas replacing ace Andrew Robertson, who looked a little tired against Chelsea.
Alexis Mac Allister is likely to come in after being named on the bench against Chelsea, with Ryan Gravenberch alongside him.
Curtis Jones delivered a masterclass at the weekend and we predict he’ll stay in the XI, with Dominic Szoboszlai dropping to the bench.
With Jota now on the sidelines, Darwin Nunez is likely to replace him up front.
And finally, we predict Luis Diaz will replace Cody Gakpo on the left, with Mohamed Salah remaining on the right.