The growing crisis at Anfield was compounded by Crystal Palace’s 3-0 win in the fourth round on Wednesday, which caused Liverpool to be eliminated from the League Cup.
In all competitions, Ismaila Sarr’s side have lost six games, including their first two victories, while Yeremy Pino scored the third.
As he gave Liverpool’s crucial games against Aston Villa, Real Madrid, and Manchester City priority over the upcoming two weeks, Slot selected a weaker team.
However, Liverpool’s humiliating result came right after a 3-2 defeat at Brentford on Saturday, which added to their spluttering Premier League title defense.
The Reds are seven points clear of Arsenal in their final four league games.
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Losing six out of seven is not in line with Liverpool standards, Slot said. However, there are only two days to rest before moving on to the next one, two days to rest between Real Madrid and Man City.
Everyone has a different opinion, but I’ve made the decision because we have about 15 to 16 first team players available.
“We already had a lot of pressure to deal with three very challenging teams this week.”
Liverpool’s fall from grace has been stunning despite criticism of their defensive woes and the poor form of their biggest-money signings, Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz.
As Slot made ten changes and fielded teenagers Trey Nyoni, Rio Ngumoha, and Isak, Wirtz, Mohamed Salah, and Virgil van Dijk all without.
FA Cup holders Palace have now defeated Liverpool three times in just 80 days, a gamble that never seemed to work.
In the Premier League, they defeated the Reds 2-1 on penalties in the Community Shield.
In a bid to revive Liverpool, Slot changed to a back three, but Joe Gomez’s error saw Sarr fire home from 12 yards in the 41st minute.
Sarr, a Senegalese winger, scored from Pino’s pass in front of the shell-shocked Kop to increase Palace’s lead at half-time.
Amara Nallo, a substitute for Liverpool’s Amara Nallo, was shown a professional foul on Justin Devenny in the 79th minute.
In the 88th minute, Pino scored Palace’s third goal to secure a place in the Arsenal final eight.
Man City survives the scare
Holders Newcastle defeated Tottenham 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals at St James’ Park.
Newcastle’s opener was headed by Fabian Schar from Sandro Tonali’s corner in the 24th minute, and Nick Woltemade headed in from Jacob Ramsey’s cross in the 50th minute.
Manchester City defeated second-place Swansea 3-1 to reach the quarter-finals at home to Brentford.
Goncalo Franco’s 12th-minute goal gave City a 1-0 lead over Aston Villa last week, which made 10 changes.
City were level in the 39th minute thanks to Jeremy Doku’s deflected strike, and Omar Marmoush scored in the 77th before Rayan Cherki’s stoppage-time effort made the comeback.
At the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal defeated Brighton 2-0 to claim eight straight victories, winning the League Cup for the first time since 1993.
With 14 minutes left, Ethan Nwaneri fired into the bottom corner with a close strike from Ethan Nwaneri.
Max Dowman, the youngest starter at Arsenal ever at the age of 15, was 302 days old, according to manager Mikel Arteta, who added: “It’s definitely something special.
He has demonstrated incredible skill to pass players at the age of 15 against him.
After winning 4-3 at struggling Wolves, Chelsea’s understudy will travel to third-tier Cardiff in the last eight.
For Chelsea, Andrey Santos, Tyrique George, Estevao Willian, and Jamie Gittens each scored, with Toluwalase Arokodare and David Wolfe scoring twice before giving the win.
Chelsea’s manager Enzo Maresca called Liam Delap “stupid” and “embarrassing” after he was sent off in the 86th minute for two bookings.
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