By David Lynch, Liverpool expert:

If Arne Slot deserves any credit from what was a sixth defeat in seven games for Liverpool , it is for sticking to his guns.

Under pressure as a result of his team's poor run of recent form, the Dutchman could quite easily have taken the desperate route of trying to play his strongest XI back into form here.

Instead, he selected a mixture of youngsters and fringe players as if this were any other game in the early rounds of the League Cup.

That Crystal Palace went with a far more familiar line-up meant the end result - a 3-0 defeat - ultimately came as no shock whatsoever.

The visitors were deserving winners, as they have been on the last three occasions they have come up against Liverpool already this season.

But the final verdict on Slo

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