Cody Gakpo Fitness in Liverpool for the Champions League game at PSG

Cody Gakpo is a fitness doubles for Liverpools Champions League Last-16 against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, March 5th.

The Dutch attacker, who has been the club's second scorer this season, missed the training because he was uncomfortable in his ankle, but traveled to the French capital as part of a 24-man squad.

“Unfortunately, Cody had to block a shot yesterday and had a little pain again,” said Liverpool head coach, Arne Slot, before the game.

“We took him with us to judge how he is tomorrow and whether he can be part of the squad. It will be a close call. “

Slot admitted that the draw for the Knockout phases for Liverpool with the side of Luis Enrique on a run of 10 consecutive victories for Liverpool could not be harder.

The tie competes against each other with Mohamed Salah, who scored 30 goals this season, two of the most productive attackers in Europe and stood against Ousmane Dembele, who has scored 26 times.

“It is clear because I see PSG as one of the strongest teams in Europe and I think everyone is agreed if they have observed them in the past few months,” said Slot.

“It is a great component that you can look forward to for everyone who loves football. Both teams have scored so many goals this season. Both teams may like to have the ball like similar play styles and work really hard without the ball.

“I think anyone who has seen football in the past few months could tell them that we might have preferred to play against Benfica.

“But if you are Liverpool, you want to play big games and this is definitely a big game for us.

“Luis Enrique has done many things really well here in the last one and a half seasons. If you look at the quality that Dembele brings to the team at the moment, it is impressive. Both teams have attackers in great form. “

Luis Enrique described the Liverpool of Slot as “almost perfect”, but the Dutchman insists that his three -time side can still be proven a lot.

He said: “It is a nice compliment to get, but the best team in Europe has to win the Champions League and we are far from it.

“I think the best team in Europe is still Real Madrid because they won this competition last season.

“We have to be the best possible version of ourselves tomorrow.

“It is not easy to dominate possession against PSG because you take a lot of risk when pressing. We have to adapt very well to what is ahead of us. “

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