Arne Slot is too savvy to follow Brendan Rodgers' infamous example in Liverpool's huge week

Liverpool instrumentality connected Real Madrid successful the Champions League connected Wednesday earlier an tremendous crippled against Manchester City adjacent play - but don't expect Slot to radically alteration things

It was 10 years agone this period erstwhile Brendan Rodgers efficaciously signed his resignation missive successful the eyes of immoderate Liverpool supporters.

Fresh from a decision astatine Newcastle, Rodgers opted to usage the juncture of a Champions League clash with Real Madrid successful the Bernabeu to marque 7 changes to his starting XI, leaving the likes of Steven Gerrard, Raheem Sterling, Jordan Henderson and Philippe Coutinho connected the bench.

In their stead it fell to Lazar Markovic, Fabio Borini, Kolo Toure, Javier Manquillo and Alberto Moreno to person a tally retired successful the Spanish superior arsenic Liverpool mislaid 1-0. The 'first XI', including a peeved Gerrard, returned to look Chelsea the pursuing play and they mislaid that too.

Rodgers had got himself successful a rotation by this time, with the Madrid decision coming successful a tally of conscionable 1 triumph successful 8 - and that a scratchy precocious occurrence implicit Swansea successful the League Cup - which had begun with Real winning 3-0 astatine Anfield. As the Spanish giants instrumentality for the 3rd clip since past connected Wednesday nighttime they volition find a nine transformed and a manager who won't suffer his head.

That's due to the fact that 1 of the galore awesome things astir Arne Slot's superb commencement to Liverpool beingness is conscionable however measured his attack has been, with his benignant of shot allowing for rotation to beryllium done successful a methodical and intelligent way.

Of people that benignant beauteous overmuch went retired of the model astatine times during the madcap triumph implicit Southampton connected Sunday, but if Liverpool are going to marque this a palmy play past determination are going to beryllium affectional rollercoasters on the way. Slot craves control, but helium can't person it each the time.

What helium tin bash though is usage his players successful an intelligent way, meaning that adjacent though adjacent Sunday's sojourn of Manchester City is present Anfield's biggest crippled since Liverpool won the Premier League rubric successful 2020, Slot doesn't person to drastically rotate and remainder his players for the Real Madrid clash earlier it similar Rodgers thought helium had to do.

Momentum is cardinal to this joyously unfolding Liverpool season, and Slot has got his players successful a cleanable bushed done a substance of clever rotation and a much diligent mode of playing. It's go a cleanable blend.

So portion you tin expect to spot possibly 2 oregon 3 changes for the sojourn of Real it won't beryllium wholesale switches, and the Dutchman volition spot the bulk of players who person done truthful good for him truthful far, twisting and tweaking the broadside wherever helium sees fit.

It is simply a clever attack and the close one, and 1 that Rodgers could person done with pursuing a decennary ago.

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