There was no Florian Wirtz in the Liverpool starting side on Saturday evening - and Arne Slot has explained why he dropped the German for the Chelsea clash View 2 Images Arne Slot explained his decision

Liverpool paid a small fortune for Florian Wirtz - but he was nowhere to be seen during one of their biggest games of the season so far. ‌

Wirtz, 22, has struggled to settle to live at Liverpool after Arne Slot forked over £116million for his services . "We play a lot of games," Slot explained before kick-off. ‌

"If you play a lot of games, you usually change one or two players. We try to pick the players based on the games. You can't compare the playing style of Palace to the style of Chelsea ." ‌

Jamie Redknapp leapt to the defence of the struggling star in the S

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