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Liverpool FC line-up for Champions League final confirmed ahead of Real Madrid showdown

Liverpool take on Real Madrid in the final of the Champions League on Saturday night.

Jurgen Klopp's Reds will attempt to complete a treble this season after winning the FA Cup and Carabao Cup.

They face a Real Madrid side who beat Liverpool 3-1 in the final in Kyiv back in 2018.

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As far as Liverpool team selection is concerned the big debate was whether to start Ibrahima Konate or Joel Matip at centre-back.

Klopp has opted for Konate and that means a third different centre-back partner in three Champions League final appearances for Virgil Van Dijk at Liverpool.

The only players in the Liverpool starting line-up not to have won the European Cup are Konate and Diaz.

The Liverpool Echo said: "Big night for Konate.

"He has made a couple of mistakes leading to goals recently, including against Wolves last weekend, but he’s back in his city on the one-year anniversary of Liverpool agreeing a deal to sign him from RB Leipzig."

Liverpool XI: 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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