The difficulty of overseeing the workload of his occupied team is keeping Liverpool manager Arne Slot up at night. Due to four long-term injuries, the Premier League winners have only been able to substitute a maximum of four senior players for the last five games.
Dominik Szoboszlai, a midfielder for Liverpool, has returned from suspension, while Wataru Endo may miss the remainder of the season due to a catastrophic ankle injury sustained during Wednesday's league victory over Sunderland.
Liverpool's third game in a week is their FA Cup fourth-round matchup at top-flight rivals Brighton on Saturday.
At his press conference on the eve of the game, Slot stated, "It's another challenge."
"Last night, I had a hard time falling asleep since I was always thinking about my alternatives for the lineup and what I ought to do.
"Is it a moment for the others, but which others in whose position, or do you play the same guys again? To choose my lineup, I need another day.
Because there aren't many options at center-back, Slot's captain, Virgil van Dijk, has had to shoulder most of the load.
In his last five games, the Netherlands captain, who has appeared in every minute of the Premier League and Champions League, has scored twice, including the lone goal in a 1-0 victory.
