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

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

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• Alexander-Arnold back in training
• Right-back out with hamstring issue
• Linked with Wednesday's opponents

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  The 26-year-old missed Liverpool's 3-2 win over Southampton on Sunday with a hamstring issue sustained against Aston Villa 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.

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• THE BIGGER PICTURE

  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.

• WHAT SLOT SAID

  "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."

• DID YOU KNOW?

  Federico Chiesa was also involved in the training session as he steps up his return to full fitness. The Italian, whose chequered injury record was well-known to Liverpool when they signed him from Juventus in the summer, has endured a difficult start to his Liverpool career, playing just 18 minutes in the Premier League.