Liverpool’s rotation understandable but breaking up ‘Fab Four’ a derby risk too far | Andy Hunter via The Guardian
Jürgen Klopp says he was right to rest players against Everton but his decision seems over-indulgent when he could have made changes earlier against Spartak
An inviting draw with Porto in the last 16 of the Champions League provided a welcome distraction for Liverpool on Monday, and timely illustration of progress, but their anger at h
ow victory slipped away in the 229th Merseyside derby lingers. As do questions over the team selection that ensured Everton’s negativity and Dejan Lovren’s rashness were not the only complications for Jürgen Klopp at Anfield.
The Liverpool manager was more preoccupied
with referee Craig Pawson’s penalty decision in his angry and patronising post-match interviews than a detailed discussion on why Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino, along with regular midfielders, started on the bench on Sunday. He did accept blame for rotating and not winning while maintaining it was the correct decision “even when the result doesn’t show it”. If that added to the confusion, there was more clarity in his argument the selection policy was vindicated by a thoroughly dominant Liverpool display.
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