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Paul Gorst

Ibrahima Konate and Thiago Alcantara start as Liverpool line up named for Champions League final vs Real Madrid

Thiago Alcantara starts alongside Fabinho as Liverpool meet Real Madrid in the Champions League final.

The Spain international had been an injury doubt for the game after pulling out of last week's 3-1 win against Wolves at half time.

After returning to training earlier this week, however, the former Bayern Munich man has been cleared to start alongside Fabinho, who also returns to action after a hamstring issue picked up at Aston Villa earlier this month.

The duo are joined by captain Jordan Henderson in the middle of the park as Sadio Mane starts down the middle with Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah either side of the Senegal star up top.

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In defence, Jurgen Klopp has opted for Ibrahima Konate over Joel Matip alongside Virgil van Dijk as Alisson Becker, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson all start.

The 2022 Champions League final is contested by two teams who share 19 European Cup between them, which is the most of any previous final.

Liverpool : Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Thiago, Henderson; Salah, Mane, Diaz..

Subs : Kelleher, Milner, Keita, Firmino, Gomez, Oxlade-Chamberlain. Jones, Minamino, Jota, Tsimikas, Matip, Elliott.

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