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But in truth, there's not much of a let-up, with the games now set to come thick and fast for the remainder of the campaign; Slot will need everyone fit and firing if he wants to succeed in the cup competitions while maintaining a promising Premier League title tilt.
There is still the possibility of strengthening the squad further in the January transfer window.
Sporting director Richard Hughes is thought to be assessing various options.
Sure enough, Slot revealed that Liverpool is looking into possible additions this month.
The exact extent of the complaint suffered against West Ham has not been confirmed, but the coach expects him to miss multiple weeks.
A little more surprisingly, Slot also expects Dominik Szoboszlai to once again miss out against Tottenham.
"Yesterday he wasn't in yet," Slot confirmed.
As such, Slot might want to use the Uruguayan from the start against Spurs, although his form in front of goal leaves much to be desired.
The challenge for Slot is doing that without Szoboszlai, who glues so much together for the Reds
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