Arne Slot explains Liverpool changes as Luis Diaz misses out at Crystal Palace

Arne Slot says it is simply a substance of rotation aft making 4 changes to the Liverpool broadside for the travel to Crystal Palace connected Saturday.

Cody Gakpo and Diogo Jota are backmost into the guardant line, portion Curtis Jones comes into midfield and Kostas Tsimikas slots successful astatine left-back.

Luis Diaz is the astonishment omission aft the Colombian has shown good signifier truthful acold this season, portion Andy Robertson, Dominik Szoboszlai and Darwin Nunez besides person to settee for places connected the substitutes’ bench.

Asked if the changes were owed to fatigue, Slot told TNT Sports: ‘No, if I inquire the players if they are fatigued they volition ever archer maine no, but we’ve played a batch of games and Cody has done truly well, Kostas has done truly good and Curtis each clip helium comes successful did well.

‘It’s a bully infinitesimal for Curtis to start, besides due to the fact that he’s not going to spell to the planetary games truthful it’s bully for him to person a crippled arsenic well. He’s done precise bully erstwhile helium came successful and Dom [Szoboszlai] is putting successful so, so, truthful overmuch effort successful his pressing you wonderment if helium tin proceed doing this each 3 days.

‘I deliberation it’s besides bully for america to person much than lone 3 midfielders, truthful let’s spot contiguous however Curtis is doing

‘Cody and Kostas speaks for itself, I deliberation they’ve done precise bully each clip they’ve played.’

Ryan Gravenberch holds onto his spot successful midfield alongside Jones and Alexis Mac Allister aft the Dutchman has shone successful a deeper relation this season.

‘Before I started moving with him I thought if helium wants to play successful the 8 presumption helium needs to beryllium much progressive successful goals, but due to the fact that of the pre-season we didn’t person the players,’ explained Slot.

‘We tried him successful the six presumption and helium is truthful comfy connected the shot – helium amazed me.’

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