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There are weather warnings in place for this weekend as Arne Slot and his players prepare for Chelsea vs. Liverpool, though there is no suggestion that the Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge is under threat.
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for wind, which is in place from Friday afternoon through to Saturday night (local time). It is mainly expected in the north of the country, though Liverpool fans traveling down from Merseyside may be impacted.
A yellow warning means there is a risk of some damage to buildings, such as tiles blown from roofs. Power cuts may occur, with the potential to affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage.
Road, rail, air, and ferry services may be affected, with longer journey times and potential cancellations. Injuries and danger to life from flying debris are possible in such weather conditions.
Liverpool is hoping to bounce back from a tricky week in which Slot's men have lost to Crystal Palace and Galatasaray. Following the match, most of the players will jet off for international duty.
"There can be so many reasons why an individual makes an error pass or a mistake," Slot said in his post-match press conference midweek.
"What you see is, and I think I explained this many times, is that there are a few players from us that missed pre-season so you simply cannot play them every single [game].
"Well, you can but then that could become a risk of players becoming injured. We have seen this more and more because the demands go up more and more and if the demands go up you have to prepare players for these demands.
"That means it is not always that I want to rotate but sometimes I need to because a player is not ready to play three times 90 minutes in seven or eight days.
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"I like my squad so much but we don’t have 25 or 26 [players], so if we end up with two, three or four injuries, 15 or 16 players, where Rio [Ngumoha] and Trey [Nyoni] are two of these 15 or 16, need to play almost all the minutes and then things can become complicated.
"But this is a decision we have made together, I completely believe in this, because if you have 25 it’s very hard to manage your squad.
"But as a result of that, with Hugo, Alex [Isak], Conor [Bradley] and [Alexis] Mac Allister not having the pre-season a player should have, that also results in the fact that I cannot play them every time."
Liverpool.com says: If the Reds play well, then Chelsea is there for the taking. They will need to be much improved on the last couple of performances, though, and won't be able to make as many silly mistakes.
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