Liverpool is now 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League - with Arne Slot's players making the most of a rare break after crashing out of the FA Cup in the previous round

Liverpool shelled out £135million to sign South American duo Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz from Benfica and Porto in the space of six months between August 2022 and January 2023. But the pair have only delivered moments of class, rather than performing at a consistently high level like Mohamed Salah.

While Slot was naturally delighted about the prospect of a rest period, he admitted that not having an FA Cup tie to navigate was a setback for some of his squad players, namely the likes of Harvey Elliott, Federico Chiesa and Jarell Quansah.