Arne Slot explains Liverpool team vs Crystal Palace with 10 changes made

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Arne Slot has explained that a concern about Liverpool's mounting number of injuries was the reason behind the number of changes he made for Wednesday's Carabao Cup tie against Crystal Palace. "The other reason is because we only have four or five injuries, but if I have to play again the same players...

I think there are multiple reasons why we have lost so many games, and with all the reasons there are no excuses, but it hasn’t been helpful that almost all the time we only had two days in between the games after we had to play away from home. "If we keep playing with the same players, like for example, I tried with Alexander Isak, then with players that missed out on pre-season, that is a big risk to pick up another injury.

And we only have, at this moment in time, 15, 16 senior players available." Liverpool is currently without Alisson, Jeremie Frimpong and Giovanni Leoni. Curtis Jones was replaced in the second half of Saturday's defeat at the Gtech Community Stadium, and it's hoped his injury is not too severe.