Liverpool have Ibrahima Konate back against Galatasaray in the Champions League tonight after injury.
Konate was an unused substitute for Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Tottenham at the weekend and Arne Slot confirmed on Tuesday that his absence was due to “discomfort in his hamstring”.
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However, the Frenchman is good to go as the Reds host Galatasaray in the Champions League last 16 looking to overturn a first-leg deficit and reach the quarter-finals.
Liverpool manager Slot said during his pre-match press conference: “Yeah, he [Konate] is at this moment of time [ready to play].
“The day after the game is recovery, if you play so many games with only two days of rest in between you cannot do a lot but he is declared completely fit, he doesn’t feel the discomfort anymore.
“So, then he is ready to start and hopefully fulfil 90 minutes or, if needed, even longer. But that’s what we have to find out tomorrow.”
Joe Gomez is on the bench after missing training on Tuesday and faced a late fitness test, but Alisson Becker is back in goal after missing the first leg in Istanbul.
Slot had a decision to make at right-back with Dominik Szoboszlai and Jeremie Frimpong both starting, thus leaving Florian Wirtz to operate as the No10, with Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch behind him as the double pivot.
Mohamed Salah is reinstalled into the starting XI after his benching against Spurs, and so too is Hugo Ekitike.
It is too soon for Alexander Isak to return following his comeback to individual training, while Conor Bradley, Wataru Endo and Giovanni Leoni all remain long-term absentees.
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Frimpong, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Salah, Wirtz, Ekitike
Subs: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Gomez, Chiesa, Jones, Gakpo, Robertson, Nyoni, Nallo, Morrison, Ngumoha
Injured: Isak, Bradley, Leoni, Endo
Time and date: 8pm GMT on Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Venue: Anfield
How to watch: TNT Sports
