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UEFA Champions League: Why Jurgen Klopp should play Trent Alexander-Arnold in second-leg against Barcelona

When Liverpool lined up at the Camp Nou for the first-leg of their UEFA Champions League clash against Barcelona, the omission of Trent Alexander-Arnold from the starting XI raised plenty of eyebrows.

The 20-year-old right-back had been a permanent fixture for the Reds in their Champions League run to the semi-final but manager Jurgen Klopp surprisingly opted to go with young Joe Gomez for the crux clash at the Camp Nou.

Come the weekend in the Premier League and Alexander-Arnold was back in the starting XI in the fixture against Newcastle and wasted no time in showing why he would have been the ideal candidate for right-back against Barcelona.