Arne Slot admits he wanted to start two more senior Liverpool stars in Plymouth loss Liverpool manager Arne Slot has revealed how injury and the birth of a player's child impacted his team selection against Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup.
David Moyes' Everton are coming into the game off the back of three successive league wins, though they were also eliminated from the cup over the weekend when they lost at home to Bournemouth.
Premier League leaders Liverpool were stunned by Championship strugglers Plymouth, with Ryan Hardie scoring the only goal of the game from the penalty spot.
Gomez wasn't the only injury victim, though, with Curtis Jones telling Slot on the eve of the game that he wasn't 100 percent.
"Darwin became a dad one or two days before the game, that happened in Spain and he came in one or two days earlier.
