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Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has confirmed that Alexis Mac Allister won't play again this season — giving him the final match of the campaign against Crystal Palace off as an additional rest period.

The Argentine has played a huge volume of games again this season under the Dutchman and didn't travel to his former club, Brighton, on Monday.

Instead, the Liverpool man is being given some more time away from the pitch to rest and recuperate ahead of pre-season rather than participate in matches where the results are meaningless.

"Alexis will not play for us this season anymore," Slot said during his post-match press conference.

The rest of the season, of course, is just one game, so it is no huge period.

"He needs rest at this moment in time to recover completely and to be ready for the start of next season," Slot explained.

"That will be no problem for him to be back next season."

Mac Allister will finish his season with 3,569 minutes for Liverpool — with his international exploits in South America on top of that.

"You should watch it.

"It's about the last game and normally in this league it's also about the last game.

"And if you want it done and you want to go after the season then wives, girlfriends, children are like, 'Yeah, come on, I haven't seen my dad for such a long time