Liverpool dumped out of Carabao Cup at Anfield
Reds have 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.
But Slot, who admitted selecting with an eye on Saturday’s Premier League game against Aston Villa, stood by his call. “It’s always a blow to lose a game, especially when it leads to going out of a competition, but it’s the same selection I did last season in these rounds,” said the head coach, who hopes to have Ryan Gravenberch back from injury on Saturday.
