‘Maybe they deserve to be a bit lucky’: Slot defends lineup after Plymouth loss Arne Slot defended his team selection after a weakened Liverpool lineup was turfed out of the FA Cup by Plymouth Argyle.
Slot made 10 changes from the win against Tottenham on Thursday night, with a relatively inexperienced bench and players such as Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo and Virgil van Dijk left out of the squad entirely.
Despite a shock 1-0 defeat against the Championship’s bottom club, Slot argued that his decision to give senior players a rest would pay dividends later in the season.
Slot also revealed that Curtis Jones, named on the bench, had declared himself unfit on the morning of the game.
The defeat “hurt”, Slot admitted, but he was careful too to give appropriate praise to Plymouth.
