Slot defends team selection - but says Liverpool not meeting club 'standards'

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Liverpool suffered defeat once again - but it was Arne Slot's 'surprising' team selection which helped Crystal Palace to an easy 3-0 victory at Anfield and a place in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals, where they will face Arsenal. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Ismaila Sarr doubles the away side's lead against Liverpool just before half-time and grabs his brace.

Team news Arne Slot made 10 changes to his Liverpool team, starting three teenagers, leaving his big names such as Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk out of the squad and including six players without a senior appearance for the club on his nine-player bench, which was exclusively made up of players aged 21 or under. You've made 10 changes from Brentford."You can't tell me that he's picked that team today and those subs thinking 'that will get me a result against a really good Crystal Palace'.

He's made a mistake today."He's been unbelievable since he's come to the club. Now they've got to go back to that character they showed when they won the title and stick together."Slot defends selection but says Liverpool below their standardsLiverpool boss Arne Slot:"It's not of Liverpool's standards to lose five out of six, or six out of seven."Everybody can have their opinion about [the selection] but with the squad we have - maybe 15, 16 first-team players available - this is the choice I've made."On the performance: "First half an hour, we made it a game.