What a composed performance from Arne Slot’s Liverpool side. The Merseysiders were, at the time of writing, cruising to a 4-0 win over Kieran McKenna’s well-organised Ipswich Town and showing no sign of a supposedly long-awaited blip coming to fruition.

Almost every attacking player is exceeding their xG - with Mohamed Salah frontrunning on 18 goals from an expected 16.94. Luis Diaz - eight goals from an xG of 5.28 - and Cody Gakpo - six from an xG of 3.88 - are outperforming by a margin.

Liverpool’s final UCL league phase match against PSV has suddenly adopted an interesting narrative, with Liverpool opting to leave NINE key players at home along with the three injured first-teamers.

With a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League already sealed, the Reds made the trip to PSV Eindhoven midweek without Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz.

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The Egypt international netted his 176th Premier League goal in last weekend's 4-1 win over Ipswich Town, a strike that saw him surpass Thierry Henry in the competition's all-time scoring charts.

Cody Gakpo scored on his return to PSV Eindhoven but it was not enough to inspire an understrength Liverpool side as they lost their 100 percent Champions League record after a 3-2 defeat.

Liverpool can afford to rest a host of regular starters for their last league-phase game in the Champions League and giving players a break is more of a priority than maintaining first place in the standings,

Liverpool can afford to rest their regulars for their final league-phase game in the Champions League with head coach Arne Slot not overly concerned about topping the standings. Captain Virgil van Dijk,

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool will give some star players including Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk a rest for the Champions League game at PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday. The Reds have already advanced to the round of 16, so manager Arne Slot opted to take a second-string squad to the Netherlands.

Liverpool can afford to rest a host of regular starters for their last league-phase game in the Champions League and giving players a break is more of a priority than maintaining first place in the standings,

Several key first-team players have been left behind on Merseyside as Liverpool travel to the Netherlands to face PSV Eindhoven in their final Champions League group phase game on Wednesday. Head coach Arne Slot has chosen to rest nine of the starting line-up from Saturday's 4-1 win over Ipswich Town.