"People all of a sudden think we have 25 players available. But we mainly have 20 players then we have four injuries. I only have one right full-back, Conor Bradley, as an example. Every time I had to play him twice in three days or three times in seven days [last season] I had to take him off with a hamstring injury or something else."
"Last time I played a player that wasn't fully prepared -- we thought he was prepared but it was the first time -- Isak, he got injured. Last time we played Southampton Leoni was injured and it was a red card for Hugo Ekitike. Those are the things we can't use with a big week coming up. But there's always a choice. What if I had played Virgil and [Ibrahima Konate], for example, if one of them got injured."
Liverpool suffered a 3-0 defeat to Crystal Palace, marking a sixth loss in seven games. The starting XI was rotated with 10 changes from the Brentford match, with Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk omitted from the squad. Available first-team numbers were described as around 15–16, not 25, with roughly 20 players and four injuries affecting selection. Specific concerns included having only one right full-back, Conor Bradley, whose repeated use led to hamstring problems, and prior injuries to players such as Isak and Giovanni Leoni. Selection choices aimed to reduce injury risk ahead of a congested schedule.
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