While Pep Guardiola's claim that Liverpool has not suffered from injuries at all this season is simply not true — and even if it was, it would not be entirely down to good fortune — Arne Slot has done a good job of keeping his roster as fresh as possible.

Liverpool has established a healthy lead in the Premier League table, has already reached the Carabao Cup final, and could yet win the Champions League too.

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"What Liverpool have done now is put themselves in a position where they can maybe not take their foot off the gas, but certainly be able to manage the squad even more around the Champions League knockout games," Ben Dinnery from Premier Injuries tells Liverpool.com.

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On average, it is around 10 extra injuries per season."

Slot said last week that when he first arrived, he was unsure how easily Liverpool would get back into the groove of playing in the Champions League alongside the more difficult European calendar again.

"Slot is a bit more conservative in his approach and the physicality of the Premier League, if you slightly dial down the intensity, that will minimize the number of muscle problems.

"When Virgil van Dijk did his ACL, Liverpool had a really good injury record in the grand scheme.