Arne Slot defended his team selection after his much-changed Liverpool side crashed out of the FA Cup to Championship bottom-club Plymouth.
The Premier League leaders had been big pre-match favourites to march into round five of the competition, with talk of a possible quadruple even beginning to build following their qualification for the Carabao Cup final. But Slot made 10 changes from the side which beat Tottenham in the semi-final second-leg of that competition on Thursday for the trip to Home Park, leaving key men Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk out of his squad.
'Their bread and butter is the Premier League and they have a big game on Wednesday . He has to rest his players because they have played a lot of football. 'They still had enough quality on the pitch to go and beat Plymouth, who have conceded the most goals in all the leagues this season. 'It was an opportunity for players and it didn't work out for them. It happens in football. That's the only blot for Slot.
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