Arne Slot explains what he always knew about Alexander Isak and clear Liverpool plan

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"I'm known as being a manager who prefers not to change but I couldn't do anything different to what I did," the Liverpool head coach said, via the ECHO. You could say 'Why do you play him?', but then he wouldn't be fit until the end of the season.

But if I never play him, I can't bring him to that level. "There have been obvious reasons why we've had to change more than I would like.

"It's not like in the first game of the season I decided not to play Ryan. He became a dad, that's why I played Curtis (Jones).