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Arne Slot must weigh up whether to bring Conor Bradley straight back in for Liverpool's derby showdown with Everton(Image: AP Photo/Jon Super)

Arne Slot will face three selection dilemmas when Liverpool return to action at home to Everton tonight.

The Reds host their Merseyside rivals as their Premier League title run-in gets underway.

Arne Slot’s men were only in league combat once throughout March, beating struggling Southampton 3-1 at Anfield at the start of the month.



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After overcoming the Saints, Liverpool went 16 points clear at the top of the table - albeit while still boasting two games in hand on second-placed Arsenal.

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That lead has now been cut to nine points after the Gunners drew 1-1 at Manchester United and won 1-0 at home to Chelsea before beating Fulham 2-1 at the Emirates last night.

Liverpool, who now have a game in hand on their last remaining title rival, only need 16 points from their final nine matches to seal top spot.

But they will go into the showdown with Everton on the back of back-to-back defeats.

The Reds suffered a premature Champions League exit to Paris Saint-Germain before falling to a disappointing loss to Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup final in their last outing 17 days ago.

Liverpool have had plenty of time to stew over those back-to-back setbacks while head coach Slot has had plenty of time to think about the team choices he will have to make against the Blues.

His first comes at right-back and is a rather straightforward one - who will start at full-back in the continued absence of Trent Alexander-Arnold.

The Reds vice-captain is sidelined with an ankle injury, which opened the door for Jarell Quansah to start at Wembley - though not in his favoured position.

Such a selection was rather enforced with Conor Bradley and Joe Gomez also sidelined.

However, Slot admitted Liverpool have to tread carefully with Bradley after he suffered his second hamstring injury of the season back in February.

“Conor is training with us again but we have to make a decision on whether he is playing,” the Reds boss said.

But we will never know.”

At Slot's latest media briefing, Slot would insist he trusts his fringe players despite the likes of Endo, Harvey Elliott and Federico Chiesa not being selected to start a Premier League game this season.

But the Dutchman also suggested that that might not be about to change, despite his previous admission about rotation, when explaining why their game time had been limited.

“It is not to say that if you don’t play someone, you don’t trust them.

Or they fit better in the team.”

It would appear Slot intends to persist with his favoured players at the expense of his fringe stars for the Premier League run-in off the back of such an admission.

But having also admitted he perhaps could have rotated more, he must decide whether he needs to make better use of his full Liverpool squad for the final weeks of the season.

While the Reds have not been in action for 17 days, the majority of Slot’s players have still been on international duty.
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