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Arne Slot was angry with the Liverpool players for the manner of their defeat to Newcastle(Image: Getty Images)

Arne Slot held a meeting with his Liverpool players on their return from international duty to warn them that being outworked is “almost unacceptable”.

The Reds boss issued the rallying cry as they bid to get the job done in the Premier League title race.

Slot spoke with his players on Sunday to remind them of the standards set this season.



Liverpool host Everton on Wednesday in a Merseyside derby looking to take another step closer to winning a 20th title.

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But Slot felt he needed to give his players a message after a Carabao Cup final defeat by Newcastle before the break.

The message is as simple as it has always been – don’t accept you are outworked by a team, which we were, against Newcastle.

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“If the stakes are so high, that is almost unacceptable, almost.

But Trent Alexander-Arnold remains out with an ankle problem.

Slot again reaffirmed that the contract drama around Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Mo Salah is not a distraction for him in the Reds’ pursuit of glory.

For Virgil and Mo that is trying to win the Merseyside derby and for Trent it is trying to be fit as soon as he can.”

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