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"Joe had surgery for his hamstring injury, so he's out for a long time," Slot said about the defender in February.

With Trent Alexander-Arnold returning to the matchday squad after injury against Leicester City, someone had to be left behind.

That ended up being Federico Chiesa, with the Italian the man to sit the game out.

"I don’t think I deserve any credit for [sending on Alexander-Arnold against Leicester] because if you have Trent on the bench, knowing that Conor [Bradley] probably can’t play 90, I think every manager in the world would have brought Trent in," Slot said in his post-match press conference.

"There are no credits for me over there, but definitely for Trent because he has worked so hard for five-and-a-half weeks — including the medical staff that worked so hard with him to get him back in the squad as soon as he could.

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold.

"I don’t think it only meant a lot for him, I think it meant a lot for everyone — for everyone who loves Liverpool," Slot added on Alexander-Arnold's match-winning goal

Players with the quality of Trent, you know — you know — these players step up when you most need it.

"He did that when he came in against Newcastle [United], he did that in his second-half performance against Paris Saint-Germain, where I was just waiting for him to score a goal until the moment he had to go out with an injury
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