Liverpool latest: PSG tension ahead of Champions League game as Arne Slot prepared for blow

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Liverpool's Champions League meeting with Paris Saint-Germain looms large as the Reds' players head off on international dutyLiverpool have a couple of weeks to bounce back after their league loss at Brighton, with international matches taking centre stage for now. The Reds will be hoping their squad members avoid injury ahead of a busy few games but can't be sure they will get favours from national team bosses.Arne Slot and his squad won't resume club duties until Easter weekend, when they meet Manchester City in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

This can express itself in various ways for different clubs, particularly with an international break to navigate before the run-in.READ MORE: Arne Slot future: Liverpool supporters send message to FSG after latest disappointmentREAD MORE: Jurgen Klopp would have immediate Liverpool issue as Anfield icon says he's 'not quite finished'Slot has shared his own views on the subject, while PSG's Ligue 1 arrangements provide an additional dimension with the European quarter-finals just around the corner. Here are our latest stories from around Anfield.Slot plays waiting game on SzoboszlaiGoing into the international break, Arne Slot indicated it would be welcome if national team bosses gave his players a bit of a rest "I think the players need a break more than the manager and unfortunately they have to keep on playing," Slot told Match of the Day following Saturday's loss at Brighton."Let's hope that their national team coaches do understand that at Liverpool a lot of players have played a lot of minutes, like at other clubs but I think other clubs perhaps could have rotated more than I could have this season."Content cannot be displayed without consentHe continued: "So, let's hope that we've got national team coaches that will not play them 180 minutes over two games." Nevertheless, according to reports in Hungary, Dominik Szoboszlai is unlikely to be given a rest by Magyars boss Marco Rossi simply because it's what Slot desires, while the same could be true of the midfielder's club and international colleague Milos Kerkez.Hungary don't have competitive fixtures during the March international window, having been beaten by Ireland in November and failed to secure a World Cup play-off place.

Instead, they have two friendlies scheduled against Slovenia and Greece.Lens issue PSG statementParis Saint-Germain's Ligue 1 opponents Lens have released a strongly-worded statement in reaction to the reigning champions' appeal to postpone their league fixture. "A singular conception of sporting equity, the equivalent of which is hard to find in other major continental competitions."Changing the date of this match today would mean, for Racing Club de Lens, being deprived of competition for 15 days and then chaining matches every three days-a rhythm that corresponds neither to the one defined at the start of the championship, nor to the resources of a club that could absorb this type of new constraint without consequence."Lens and PSG are separated by a point - with Luis Enrique's league leaders having played a game less - and are scheduled to face each other in between the two legs of Les Parisiens' quarter-final against Liverpool.