Liverpool boss Arne Slot sees the bigger picture with substitutions

Slot said the sample size was too small to suggest it was a pattern and backed the depth of his squad.

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot does not believe his substitutions have contributed to the concession of goals (Peter Byrne/PA)

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot believes his team’s early-season habit of conceding goals after substitutions is just a coincidence – at least for now.

Leading 2-0 at home to Bournemouth last week he took off new full-backs Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong, who was subsequently ruled out for a month with a hamstring injury, on the hour and saw Cherries’ forward Antoine Semenyo score the first of his two goals four minutes later.