Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot says he’s “fully completely satisfied” along with his Liverpool squad regardless of latest recommendations that he was involved concerning the depth accessible to him.
The Reds bowed out of the Carabao Cup on Wednesday, after Slot elected to subject a largely youthful and inexperienced workforce.
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Slot gave begins to 3 youngsters and had an additional 5 amongst his substitutes as he made 10 modifications to the workforce that misplaced on Saturday – their fourth league defeat in a row.
After the Palace sport, Slot mentioned possibly his choice “offers a bit little bit of perception” into the squad depth he’s working with.
The Dutchman, who led Liverpool to final season’s Premier League title in his first marketing campaign, additionally highlighted that Manchester Metropolis and Chelsea have been in a position to rotate with out vastly weakening their beginning line-ups as each golf equipment superior to the quarter-finals.
However, within the build-up to Saturday’s Premier League dwelling sport in opposition to Aston Villa (20:00 GMT), Slot has backtracked and insists he’s “completely satisfied” along with his choices.
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“We miss nothing,” Slot mentioned.
“I’m fully proud of the workforce and with all the standard that we’ve got.”
After profitable their opening seven video games of the season throughout all competitions, Liverpool have misplaced six of the previous seven.
They’ve slipped to seventh within the Premier League desk and path leaders Arsenal by seven factors, resulting in whether or not Slot is the precise man to take Liverpool ahead.
All of this comes after a at Anfield when the membership launched into the largest summer time spending spree in European soccer historical past – parting with £415m to recruit a stellar assortment of expertise.
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The earlier file was held by Chelsea who spent £400m in the summertime of 2023 and Liverpool have been ready handy over an additional £35m to signal Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi till the deal collapsed because the switch window closed.
Striker Alexander Isak was the final participant by the door on 1 September for a
Isak, 26, downed instruments at Newcastle and educated alone as he regarded to pressure by to maneuver to Merseyside, which means he missed a whole pre-season.
Liverpool have additionally been with out a number of key gamers – together with Alisson, Jeremie Frimpong and Ryan Gravenberch – due to damage throughout the opening months of the marketing campaign.
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“I’m fully satisfied by the technique and the coverage that we’ve got however that makes the difficulty – if you happen to name it a problem – is just not all of them have had a correct pre-season or have been injured,” Slot added.
“When three or 4 are injured you return to 16 gamers. I’m a agency believer that 20 or 21 gamers is sufficient however you must hold them match as we did final season.
“Alex [Isak] is a superb instance of this. A number of others have missed out on pre-season or had accidents throughout pre-season.
“It has been tougher than final season to maintain all of them accessible and if a number of of them will not be accessible, it comes down lots to the identical gamers. Possibly final season we have been extra fortunate and now we’re extra unfortunate.”
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