Liverpool -Baas Arne Slot has been brutally honest in recent weeks about his own mistakes and on the back of defeats to PSG and Newcastle, the trophy hoped in two competitions, has again brought itself to the task
Arne Slot has admitted that he made a blunder with his team selection for the last defeat of Liverpool Carabao Cup against Newcastle United. The Reds brought a matte version, which collapse for a 2-1 loss due to the Magpies at Wembley, in which the Dutchman admit that it is the only competition to lose this season.
Slot opted for only two changes from the side that had to deal with a heavy Champions League evening against Paris Saint-Germain in the past week. Liverpool was destroyed from the European Prime Minister Club competition after an exhausting battle of 120 minutes.
Caoimhin Kelleher stepped in for Alisson between the sticks and maintained his role as Liverpool's Cup goalkeeper, and Jarell Quansah took over right-wing tasks from Trent Alexander-Arnold, who was excluded due to injury.
In the aftermath of successive defeats, critics have focused fingers on the Liverpool because they have not used his squadron depth and have played his players more all season.
Prior to the Merseyside Derby against Everton, concluding Slot that he might have had to freshen up his line -up for the Wembley confrontation -regret to do not start Wataru Endo in midfield.
“Maybe, maybe, maybe I made the biggest mistake by not rotating enough,” he thought. “Not enough rotating in the line -up for Newcastle – but I thought there were four days in between, they had enough rest.
“But again, it's too easy to say that we were overworked. We have to give the honor to everything that Newcastle did, because in the end we admitted a corner. That has nothing to do with a sprint or pursuit or whatever, it just admits a corner.
“He (Endo) might earn it to come in when you look at the larger whole of what he has done for the team, also in the League Cup. But as long as I am here now, for eight or nine months, I think you will be surprised if we are 1-0 or 2-0 and I would have brought a player who barely scored a goal.
“If we are 1-0 up, you can expect that I will bring in Wata. In all other occasions if we need a goal as we did, I have eliminated Ibou (Ibrahima Konate), a midfielder in the last line, Curtis (Jones), Ryan (Gravenberch) playing like a straight, I brought a goal (elliott) that one that is a goal point) that one that is a goal) that one that is a goal) that one that is a goal) that one that is a goal) that one that is a goal) that one that is a goal point) that one that is a goal point) that one that is a goal point) that one that is a goal point) that that is a goal point) that that is a goal point) that one that is a goal point) that that is a goal point) that one that is a goal point) that one that is a goal point) that one that is a goal point) that one that is a goal point) that one that is a goal point) that one that is a goal point) that one that is a goal point) that one that is a goal point) that that is a goal point) that one point. A goal could score, I had Darwin (Nunez) in the team, I had Cody (Gakpo) in the team, I had Mo (Mohamed Salah) in the team.
“So all the attackers were in the team and maybe I should agree with you that after 10 minutes I should have removed someone to get Wata. But you don't see many managers drop a player after 10 minutes.
“Maybe I made the wrong decision by not starting him, that's better to say! But we'll never know.
“But we won against Newcastle with those who started at home, and we surpassed them in Newcastle in the second half with the players who started in the final. So there was a reason behind the line-up.”
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