UEFA have announced the shortlists of nominees for the 2018/19 Champions League positional awards, as Liverpool dominate with five players among the overall 12.
The shortlist consists of three players from four categories - goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and forwards - voted on by an expert panel of the 32 managers of teams who competed in the group stages, and 55 journalists - one from each UEFA member state.
There are a few surprises in the final shortlist, but none of them are among the goalkeepers, as the stoppers from both finalists - the outstanding Alisson Becker and Hugo Lloris - join Barcelona's Marc-Andre ter Stegen in earning nominations.