Arne Slot defends Liverpool selection but pressure builds after Carabao Cup exit

Arne Slot defends Liverpool selection but pressure builds after Carabao Cup exit
  • Liverpool dumped out of Cup by Palace at Anfield

  • Reds have now lost six of their past seven games

Arne Slot said he had no regrets over fielding a weakened team against Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup and accepted he is under pressure as ­Liverpool succumbed to a sixth defeat in seven games.

Palace beat Liverpool for the third time this season to advance into the quarter-finals thanks to two goals from Ismaïla Sarr and a first Palace goal from Yéremy Pino. A comfortable 3-0 victory was aided by Slot’s decision to make 10 changes from the Liverpool team that started at Brentford on Saturday, with nine ­inexperienced youngsters on the bench.

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