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Arne Slot speaks to Sky Sports. “It is never an easy decision [to bench Mohamed Salah] because we all know what a great player he is … but it’s also up to me to pick the team I think we need today … that’s why I made this decision … it’s not only us, it’s the team we face … the last game I saw from them they have made it really difficult for [Manchester] City in the second half … changed their playing style a little bit … I saw the same against Chelsea … so we tried to adapt to their strength and hopefully we can hurt them where we think there are possibilities … fresh legs … for the third time this season we play three games in seven days … I don’t think last season we had this once … in this intense league when two of them are away from home, you need fresh legs … Alex [Isak] wasn’t fully recovered … I brought in a few … very good players as well … we are far from where we want to be … we have to accept the situation we are in … [having conceded ten goals in three games] in the last two games we have only conceded one and we were one deflection away from keeping a clean sheet.”

All of the earlier Premier League kick-offs have now finished. John Brewin has all the details in Clockwatch, but here are the classifieds anyway.

Aston Villa 2-1 Arsenal

Bournemouth 0-0 Chelsea

Everton 3-0 Nottingham Forest

Manchester City 3-0 Sunderland

Newcastle United 2-1 Burnley

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