Mohamed Salah warms up during Liverpool's Premier League game against Sunderland (Image: (Carl Recine/Getty Images))

Everything you need to know about why Mohamed Salah was benched for Liverpool against Sunderland

On the bench: For the second game running, Mohamed Salah was named on the bench for Liverpool’s game against Sunderland . Andy Robertson for Milos Kerkez was the only change Arne Slot made to the side that started Sunday’s win over West Ham.

Reason why: Explaining his decision to Sky Sports, Slot said : "I play the same team, it's a balance between continuity and freshness. It's obvious and clear we need the full squad tonight because a few who start aren't able to play a full 90 again. More than ever, we need more than 11 players tonight.”

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