“Trent is in the selection, but he will not be available to start,” head coach Arne Slot explained on Tuesday during the pre-match press conference.

“He might make a few minutes, in an ideal world he might not, but if he really needs to he can make a few minutes tomorrow, but he’s not going to start.”

The Dutchman added: “Federico is not yet in the squad. He does not train with us for the entire session, but usually one or two parts of the session.

“Harvey Elliott is on the team, but hasn’t played competitive football for a long time. So it’s there, but of course it’s not ready to start yet.

“Alisson is not there yet, Diogo is not there yet, Kostas is not there yet – he also has an injury, so it is quite a list for us as well.”

A yellow card for both Ibrahima Konate or Alexis MacAllister in this match they would be suspended for Liverpool’s next Champions League match – away at Girona.

Carlo Ancelotti’s Real will have to make do without a top scorer Vinicius Jr.at Anfield due to injury.

“Now that he is not playing, we have to expect something different,” said Slot. “I think he has played almost every game for Madrid, so it is again quite difficult for us to understand what to expect.

“But what we do know is that we can expect eleven players with great quality and we are trying to prepare them as best as possible.

“Shall (Judas) Bellingham play like a 10? Does he play from the left? Does he play from the right? Shall Endrik Come in? Shall (Arda) Güler start? They have so many options that it’s a little harder for us now to see what they’re going to do. If Vinicius would have been fit I think I would have figured out their line-up, but now it might be a bit of a surprise for us.

“But what we do know is that we are playing against eleven great players on a very good team.”

Several other senior players including Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, David Alaba, Aurelien Tchouameni And Rodrygowere also not part of the 19-man traveling team Los Blancos announced on Monday.