Arne Slot has dismissed Everton\u2019s criticism of the amount of \u00adstoppage time in the Merseyside derby on Saturday, insisting three minutes was correct and Liverpool do not waste time \u2013 unlike many of their opponents.<\/p>\n
David Moyes and Jack Grealish expressed frustration<\/a> with the refe\u00adree Darren England\u2019s display \u00adduring Liver\u00adpool\u2019s 2-1 win at Anfield<\/a>, with the Everton manager saying it was \u201cvery strange\u201d that only three \u00adminutes were added to the second half. \u00adGrealish was booked after the final whistle for protesting against \u00adEngland\u2019s decision to book Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall for taking a quick free-kick and also claimed Liverpool were trying to slow the game down when under pressure in the second half.<\/p>\n Slot has rejected that accusation, however, and said the additional time was correct for a half that featured one goal and three stoppages for substi\u00adtutions, in the 61st minute, the 67th minute and the 86th minute. \u201cA lot has been said about the added time against Everton but I would have loved to play 34 seconds more because we were in a five-v-two situation at that moment,\u201d the Liverpool<\/a> head coach said.<\/p>\n \u201cNow that tells you, I think, all about the mentality we have, always wanting to score a goal. The three minutes were completely correct because there were only three moments where a substitution was made. There was no time-wasting because that\u2019s not what we do and there was no treatment of injuries, one goal scored. Then you come to three [minutes]. Where in many other games when we need a goal, there\u2019s a lot, a lot, a lot of time-wasting going on, I can tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n Slot revealed immediately after the derby that Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konat\u00e9, Mohamed Salah, Ryan Gravenberch and Dominik Szoboszlai would not feature in the Carabao Cup tie against Southampton on Tuesday as he manages their workloads. On Monday the Dutchman confirmed Liverpool will field \u201ca completely changed lineup\u201d to the derby in the third-round tie. Recent signings Alexander Isak, Giovanni Leoni and Giorgi Mamardashvili are expected to start.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can go through all of them \u2013 Wataru Endo and a few more,\u201d Slot said. \u201cThese are the players that need a game and we\u2019re happy that we have one. If we wouldn\u2019t have had one, we probably would have arranged a friendly in this week for these players because they need to play games as well to keep them ready whenever we need them.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve used quite a lot in the last three games because we thought we needed to keep this energy throughout all the three games \u2013 but not all of them. And the few we haven\u2019t used, it\u2019s definitely the perfect moment for them to get playing time.\u201d<\/p>\n