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There are weather warnings in place for this weekend as Arne Slot and his players prepare for Chelsea vs. Slot is after a much-needed win (Image: HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images) "What you see is, and I think I explained this many times, is that there are a few players from us that missed pre-season so you simply cannot play them every single [game].
We have seen this more and more because the demands go up more and more and if the demands go up you have to prepare players for these demands. Learn more "I like my squad so much but we don’t have 25 or 26 [players], so if we end up with two, three or four injuries, 15 or 16 players, where Rio [Ngumoha] and Trey [Nyoni] are two of these 15 or 16, need to play almost all the minutes and then things can become complicated.
"But this is a decision we have made together, I completely believe in this, because if you have 25 it’s very hard to manage your squad. "But as a result of that, with Hugo, Alex [Isak], Conor [Bradley] and [Alexis] Mac Allister not having the pre-season a player should have, that also results in the fact that I cannot play them every time." Liverpool.com says: If the Reds play well, then Chelsea is there for the taking.