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After a rare week between games, Arne Slot's men will now look to keep their Champions League hopes alive as well, and Virgil van Dijk has lifted the lid on one of the manager's decisions in the lead-up to the tricky fixture against PSG.

With both Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister admitting to tirendess recently, the respite in the schedule will surely be welcome.

In fact, Van Dijk has revealed that Slot has elected to give the players multiple days off during the brief break from action.



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Together with his backroom staff, the Dutchman boasted a consistently strong history of keeping key players fit.

This was particularly impressive given that Slot was also considered a close sylistic match for Jurgen Klopp.

Slot has been a little more liberal with these training breaks than Klopp — and Van Dijk has highlighted a secondary advantage of this policy.

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Virgil van Dijk and Arne Slot in Liverpool training.

So far, these have certainly not been lacking under Slot — and while the next test is a big one, Van Dijk and the rest of the team will be physically and mentally ready for it.