"He needs proper minutes of training before he has a certain base, let alone for him to play twice in three days. So that's what we do, we try to prepare players for the beginning of the season once a week, and then we try to do more and more and more before we go into the rhythm of two games a week, so that they are ready for that schedule."
"The only way we could lose this game, if we go down to 10, because with 11 v 11, we could have drawn it, but we couldn't have lost it because they've never been over the halfway line, let alone in our own 18-yard box, Slot said. I didn't want to take that risk, which was hard for Milos because normally you don't have to take a player off if he has a yellow before."
Alexander Isak was left out as he missed pre-season and needs training minutes to build a base before coping with regular match demands. Mohamed Salah scored a 95th-minute penalty after Hannibal Mejbri handballed, deciding the 1-0 result as Liverpool struggled to create clear chances. Milos Kerkez was booked for a dive and was substituted before half-time to avoid a sending-off risk. Burnley lost late to a penalty for the second straight game, leaving them with three points from four matches and prompting manager Scott Parker to call the defeats heartbreaking.
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