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'Don't think they'd expect that': McAteer says Slot can do something to catch PSG completely by surprise tomorrow

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Arne Slot has been urged to put Liverpool into all out attack mode against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.The Reds need to score at least twice to have any chance of progressing into the semi-finals, all while keeping the significant PSG threat quiet at the other end.Although a clean sheet will be just as important as what they do in attack, former Liverpool player Jason McAteer says Slot should take the game to the French side and start with both Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike. 2-0 down vs PSG, it's going to be some ask from here… Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP via Getty Images Slot urged to start Isak and Ekitike vs PSGAfter his stunning performance against Fulham on Saturday, there have been calls for Rio Ngumoha to start against PSG.But while the 17-year-old appears to have as good a chance as anyone of getting the nod from Slot, McAteer has said that if he were in charge, he’d finally get Isak and Ekitike firing together.“What would I be doing?



I’d go all out,” the pundit told ‘The Reaction’ on The Official Liverpool FC Podcast.“I would go Isak, Ekitike, two up top. I don’t think they’d expect that.

I’d go two up top.”Photo by Clive Mason/Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Liverpool look like they’ve found their ideal back-up striker to Alexander Isak and Hugo EkitikeGiven Isak has played 21 minutes on Saturday – nine more than he managed in Paris – it certainly seems possible that he could play a part at Anfield on Tuesday.However, it would indeed be a real surprise to see him start the game, as much as Liverpool fans might want him to. Ekitike will surely go again after sitting out of the Fulham game, but he is much more likely to be joined by Mohamed Salah in attack, with Florian Wirtz probably the de facto left winger.Ngumoha definitely has a chance of starting as well, but if there’s one Liverpool attacker who is most unlikely to feature, aside from Federico Chiesa perhaps, it is Isak.