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The Reds lost a penalty shootout to Crystal Palace yesterday after the Eagles came from behind twice to peg back Slot’s Premier League champions in the season's curtain-raiser.

Liverpool have splashed the cash this summer with £295m spent on new recruits with more to come - and could even move for Palace defender Marc Guehi.

Summer signing Hugo Ekitike did score but after selling Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz, Slot feels they’re short of options up front.



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He said: “There is not a lot to replace him [Ekitike] with, so if he gets an injury there would not be much to replace him with for Bournemouth, Newcastle and Arsenal so that's why I took him off but he had a good game, that's for sure.”

Liverpool and Palace paid tribute to Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva after they were killed in a car crash last month before the game.

But the minute’s silence was cut short after a small number of Palace fans made noise and then their fellow supporters and the Liverpool crowd tried to shush them.

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Reds captain Virgil van Dijk said: “I'm disappointed.

He was just still happy and tried to cheer for his team.

“Then the fans of Palace were trying to calm that person or those persons down.

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