Arne Slot said he had no regrets over fielding a weakened Carabao Cup team against Crystal Palace and accepted he is under pressure as Liverpool succumbed to a sixth defeat in seven games.

Oliver Glasner’s side beat Liverpool for the third time this season to advance into the quarter-finals thanks to two goals from Ismaïla Sarr and a first Palace goal from Yéremy Pino. A comfortable 3-0 Palace victory was aided by Slot’s decision to make 10 changes from the Liverpool team that started at Brentford on Saturday, with nine inexperienced youngsters on the bench.

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