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TAA is back! Trent Alexander-Arnold returns to Liverpool training ahead of Champions League showdown with transfer suitors Real Madrid

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<p>The 26-year-old missed <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/liverpool-federico-chiesa-conundrum-injury-ravaged-summer-signing-awful-start-anfield-career/blt5e4ecf636eb22313" target="_blank">Liverpool's 3-2 win over Southampton</a> on Sunday with a hamstring issue <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/relief-for-liverpool-trent-alexander-arnold-avoids-serious-injury-forced-off-aston-villa-man-city-showdown-will-sit-out-england-duty/blt1b039449e39ca705" target="_blank">sustained against Aston Villa</a> on November 9. The international break appears to have afforded the right-back the time he needed to recover, though, as he trained with his team-mates on Tuesday. </p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>While Arne Slot has confirmed that Alexander-Arnold won't start in Wednesday's Champions League showdown with Real Madrid, his return is a welcome boost with Manchester City visiting Anfield on Sunday. </p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>"Trent is in the squad but he won't be available to start," Slot told reporters. "Maybe he will make a few minutes, but in an ideal world he won't." </p>

WHAT SLOT SAID

<p>Federico Chiesa was also involved in the training session as he steps up his return to full fitness. The Italian, whose chequered injury record <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/liverpool-federico-chiesa-conundrum-injury-ravaged-summer-signing-awful-start-anfield-career/blt5e4ecf636eb22313" target="_blank">was well-known to Liverpool</a> when they signed him from Juventus in the summer, has endured a difficult start to his Liverpool career, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/three-appearances-18-minutes-premier-league-talk-january-transfer-was-euro-2020-winner-federico-chiesa-silly-signing-liverpool/blt8f2e241862d8cd4a" target="_blank">playing just 18 minutes in the Premier League</a>.  </p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>Slot's side sit atop the League Phase of Europe's elite competition <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/liverpool-player-ratings-bayer-leverkusen-luis-diaz-cody-gakpo-fireworks-curtis-jones-sparkles-arne-slot-outwits-xabi-alonso-champions-league/bltc9ff926087707a7c" target="_blank">after winning their opening four games</a>. Real Madrid, whose <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/trent-alexander-arnold-sent-real-madrid-transfer-warning-michael-owen-liverpool-contract-stand-off-continues/blt7bde3112255e0f95" target="_blank">interest in signing Alexander-Arnold</a> adds even more intrigue to the clash, will look to hand the Reds their first defeat on Wednesday. </p>

WHAT NEXT FOR LIVERPOOL?

TAA is back! Trent Alexander-Arnold returns to Liverpool training ahead of Champions League showdown with transfer suitors Real Madrid | Goal.com

Liverpool received a welcome boost with the return of Trent Alexander-Arnold to training ahead of Wednesday&apos;s clash with Real Madrid.

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