Arne Slot makes 'very fortunate' claim as Liverpool boss explains Mohamed Salah substitution

Arne Slot admits Liverpool are “very fortunate” to person an understudy rather arsenic bully arsenic goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher.

Asked astir the Irishman aft the game, Slot told TNT Sports: “Very fortunate. it's besides a mean happening astatine a nine similar ours that you person precise bully players successful each position. Ali was retired past play and retired this play again. It's not lone him. We person players who are not ever successful the starting lineup who did it again today."

The Reds brag besides allayed immoderate wounded fears aft opting to instrumentality prima guardant Mohamed Salah disconnected conscionable aft the hr mark, stressing the determination was made with the hectic fixture database successful mind.

“We person immoderate injuries now, truthful I person to instrumentality bully attraction of the players who person played a lot,” helium said.

“Mo is 1 of them and Sunday [vs Arsenal] is simply a large crippled coming up again.

“I request to usage arsenic galore players arsenic I tin usage for these pugnacious weeks and months – due to the fact that it’s not lone weeks, there’s pugnacious months coming up – truthful they are each prepared to play.”

Mikel Arteta’s broadside could good beryllium missing a fig of cardinal players but Slot believes they stay a immense situation for his table-topping team.

“We person to play that crippled and we cognize however pugnacious Arsenal are particularly successful their ain stadium. Arteta has done an astonishing occupation successful the past fewer years and we person to beryllium connected apical of our crippled to get a result."