Slot set to rest some Liverpool stars for League Cup quarterfinal clash against Southampton

Arne Slot says he is not surprised that Liverpool is flying on all fronts just months after he replaced Jurgen Klopp as he prepares to rest some stars for its League Cup quarterfinal against Southampton. Slot said at Tuesday’s pre-match press conference that it was “normal for Liverpool to be fighting for every trophy and to be for a long time in every cup”. “So I am not surprised that with the quality we have we are competing at this moment for these three trophies, and the fourth one is starting in January.” The Dutch manager, short of fit defenders, is set to rotate his players for Wednesday’s tie as he plans for a trip to Tottenham in the Premier League at the weekend. “So it’s going to be either academy players that are going to get playing time or it’s going to be players that nobody would expect to see in the last line that are going to play in the last line tomorrow.” Slot must sit in the stands for Wednesday’s match on the south coast after collecting a third booking of the season against Fulham.