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Arne Slot says he has reshaped his Liverpool midfield because of Ryan Gravenberch being absent, explaining that it was a tough call to take the out-of-form Mohamed Salah out of the team.
"The first answer is always yes (it was a difficult decision to make)," Slot admitted to TNT Sports. "But that is also to do with Mo and all the players I have.
"Every time I select a team, it’s always difficult because I have so many good players. That’s also the reason why I use these players. I liked the way we ended the game against Manchester United. Mainly the second half. Created a lot of chances.
"And Ryan is out, so that means we have to restructure our midfield a little bit as well — defensively and offensively. So all together with the way Frankfurt usually plays, we decided to start like this.
"But as always, I have players who start the game and I have players who can impact the game off the bench and that is (the case) today as well."
Liverpool has lost each of its last four matches in all competitions. Last time out in Europe, it went down 1-0 against Galatasaray — another game that Salah was benched for.
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