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an important reset for his players.

Last month the Premier League leaders suffered consecutive defeats for the first time this season, having exited the Champions League to PSG before losing the Carabao Cup final to Newcastle.

Slot says of all the breaks, this was the one he "needed the most", and believes his players have returned refreshed and ready for the final nine matches as they try to close out a second title in five years.

"The first three (breaks) were after one or two months' work, this one was after four months of non-stop work so I like this one the most for the simple reason it was four months in a row," he said ahead of the visit of Everton for the 246th Merseyside derby.

Wednesday 2nd April 7:00pm.

Liverpool lost back to back games for the first time under Arne Slot prior to the international break.

If you stay at your club you have to win your next game, but if you go to your national team things are new again.

"Lucho (Luis) Diaz had two goals (for Colombia), Cody Gakpo had a goal (for Netherlands), so a few of our players showed themselves in a very good way again."

The Reds' successive losses before the international break led to suggestions Slot's team were running out of steam, but the Dutchman rejected the premise fatigue was starting to play a part in their campaign.

"If I look at the PSG game, I don't think, in the eight or nine months I've been in the job, I saw my players work as hard as they did for 120 minutes," he said.

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"Maybe that was also the reason why we looked tired in the final, but maybe I don't give the right credit to Newcastle, who made it difficult for us.

"They (Liverpool players) are maybe a bit more refreshed than in a normal international break because we didn't play at the weekend.

"Most of them had a few days off as well, for the first time in months they had three, four, five days off, so that is maybe the reason why I use the word 'refreshed'."

Moyes desperate to end winless Anfield streak

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I think every team in the Premier League, when they go to Anfield, has a game on their hands.

"We might be further away from Liverpool than we have ever been at the moment

By the time I had left here maybe 10 years ago we were much closer to Liverpool, we were competitive, competing around the same areas of the league at the time
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