Konate risk backfires for Slot in latest Reds defeat

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Ibrahima Konate risk backfires for Arne Slot in latest Liverpool defeat Updated / Saturday, 4 Oct 2025 21:35 Arne Slot: 'It is a risk playing Konate (against Chelsea), he's played three games in eight days with a four-hour flight up and down. That's the balance you need to find' Arne Slot believes he will be criticised whether or not he looks to rest players after Ibrahima Konate limped off with a hamstring injury in Liverpool's last-gasp defeat to Chelsea.

"It is a risk playing Konate (against Chelsea), he’s played three games in eight days with a four-hour flight up and down. "We came to Stamford Bridge with them having eight injuries, we’re thinking this can be positive, they don’t have the options from the bench.

But they did have a few good options from the bench to impact the game." There was plenty that Maresca needed here from his team after a difficult month. "We finished today with a back four of all full-backs.