Arne Slot defends his lineup vs. Palace – “I haven’t changed my opinion”

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“If I look at our performance against Brentford, two days after we played Frankfurt away, I saw there a team that maybe struggled with playing three games in seven days – again, not an excuse,” he told reporters. “So again in two days we play Villa and the last time I played a player that we thought was ready for that programme, but it turned out maybe he wasn’t, was Alexander Isak and he went out with an injury.

“Because with our starters we haven’t been able to win a lot from Palace as well.” Regardless of his explanation there will be many supporters who feel it is simply not good enough for Liverpool – particularly after winning the Premier League and spending £450 million in the summer – to lose six of their last seven games. “But it’s the same selection I made tonight as I did last season in the rounds like this.

“Before I went out I saw City’s lineup and I don’t think they had one starter from the weekend but it felt as if, if you look at their lineup, they played with their 11 starters. “We’re only missing four players at the moment and already we needed to start with four players under the age of 19, and after I made two substitutions we were on six.”