Slot to rest key Liverpool trio after hectic week - Soccer News
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Slot to rest key Liverpool trio after hectic week - Soccer News
""The ones that played three times 90 [minutes] are Virgil [Van Dijk], Ibou [Ibrahima Konate], Mo [Salah], Ryan [Gravenberch] and Dom [Dominik Szoboszlai] - the ones that are used to this intensity and this level. And again, they showed up really good,""
""I can tell you now you won't be seeing them on Tuesday. If that's any help for Southampton, then they already know. "This is why the teams that are playing in Europe need a [big] squad like this because you need to play so many games. "It's not an excuse and we have to accept it as it is. But we have had some issues with Alexander Isak not training for four months, [Alexi""
Arne Slot will rotate Liverpool's XI and rest Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk for the EFL Cup third-round tie against Southampton at Anfield. Several regulars who played three full matches, including Ibrahima Konate, Ryan Gravenberch and Dominik Szoboszlai, will be omitted to protect fitness amid a congested schedule and European commitments. Liverpool aim for a seventh consecutive progression to the fourth round, having last failed in 2018 and having beaten Southampton in last season's quarter-final. Liverpool have won each of the last eight home fixtures against Southampton by a combined 25-2. Southampton have recent success in third-round ties against Premier League opponents.
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