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Liverpool head coach Arne Slot, sitting in the stands because of his touchline ban, reacts during the win over Southampton(Image: Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images))

Arne Slot has admitted he thinks he made a mistake starting Dominik Szoboszlai against Southampton.

Harvey Elliott, Alexis Mac Allister and Andy Robertson were all brought on for Szoboszlai, Curtis Jones and Kostas Tsimikas.

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The Liverpool head coach revealed after the match that he was not impressed with his team’s energy levels in the opening period, and made a number of substitutes because that was the only way he could think to turn the game.



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And he conceded he perhaps made a mistake by starting Szoboszlai, as he confirmed he would have chosen a different starting XI in hindsight.

“Today, if I could do it one more time over, I would have started it differently than I started today,” Slot said.

”But you don't know this in advance.

“Every time I am sitting here and talking about Dominik, I’m talking about he is a machine.

He can keep on going, running and running and running.

“It was maybe the first time this season I saw a different energy from him.

Maybe I made a mistake by playing him because he gives so much every single game.

“The good news is he only played 45 and is more rested for the upcoming week now than he is if I played him for 90.

Maybe it was because I was sitting up there instead of being at the line.

“When you watch a game from there you always feel that, ah, maybe even I can play in this game.